THE FRIEDRICH NAUMANN FOUNDATION FOR FREEDOM AND THE ELIAS CANETTI SOCIETY This is a reading against lulling our attention to the absurd spending of Bulgarian and European taxpayers' money. It is also a reminder not to remain silent in the face of blatant abuse, and not to resign ourselves to the idea that 'this is More...
The Artist in Residence grant "Sharing Future" of the International Elias Canetti Society, sponsored by the Danube Rectors' Conference, is already in its third round this year. We received 33 applications from artists and artist duos, so the selection process proved to be a difficult task. First of all, we would like to thank the More...
On 12.05.2021, from 18.00 to 21.30, for the 10th consecutive year, the anniversary edition of the Night of Literature took place in Russe and in about 17 other cities in Bulgaria. Our sincere thanks to all colleagues of the participating venues: the Regional Library "Lyuben Karavelov" and the Community Center "Zora". Thanks also to all More...
At the invitation of the Austrian Library in Russe and the Austrian Library in Veliko Tarnovo, an online event with the Vienna-based writer Ilija Trojanow took place on 11.05.2021. Penka Angelova and Detelina Kamenova from the International Elias Canetti Society talked with him about his book "Hilfe? Hilfe!". The Bulgarian edition "ПОМОЩ? ПОМОЩ!", More...
On the occasion of Europe Day on May 9, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was performed by the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra, the choir and soloists of the Ruse State Opera. The guest conductor from Austria, David Holzinger, came specially to this event at the invitation of the International Elias Canetti Society. The performance of the Ninth More...
Youth in Europe - yesterday, today, tomorrow is an opportunity for people of different ages to see life through the eyes of the youngest. Life as a shared experience of people of different generations. The first of the three parts of the project goes back decades in time to show the excitement of already grown More...
Announcement for the “ Sharing Future ” Artist in residence scholarship 2021 of the International Elias Canetti Society Funded by the Danube Rectors’ Conference The Canetti Artist Scholarship is aimed at artists from all over Europe. The fact that it is also advertised to artists from neighboring countries - More...
November 8, Sunday 4 PM Drama Theatre Ruse “Sava Ognyanov” Zdravka Evtimova is coming to Ruse at the invitation of the International "Elias Canetti" Society. Her visit was scheduled for the last day of the Literature Festival, when it was postponed, and is now becoming a kind of sequel. Zdravka Evtimova's unique prose has More...
We continued writing the "ear witness" of Elias Canetti (2015-2018) The project to continue writing the “ear witness” of Elias Canetti (2015-2018) was carried out by the International Elias Canetti Society and supported by the “Ruse Free Spirit City” foundation and through private donations. The participants had the opportunity to develop their own characters, More...
Voices of Europe - Workshop on Democracy and Participation An essential focus of the International Elias Canetti Society is political education for young people and young adults. In view of the European elections, the IECG organized political workshops and lectures in order to highlight the responsibility of civil society as a corrective and to More...
