Long Night of Literature 2014

Swiss author Monica Cantieni along with German author Thomas Lehr and translator Mike Mitchell to participate in this year’s edition of Long Night of Literature.

Swiss author Monica Cantieni will be reading from her book The Encyclopedia of Good Reasons which has been translated by Donal McLaughlin as part of Seagull Books Swiss List in New Delhi at the Long Night of Literature 2014.

The evening will include German author Thomas Lehr as well as translator Mike Mitchell, who has translated Thomas Lehr's book September, which is part of Seagull Books German List.

Long Night of Literature, New Delhi 
Date: 16 January 2014 at 7 pm
Venue: India International Centre 
Entry: Open to all

Monica Cantieni
Monica Cantieni, born 1965 in Thalwil, Switzerland, lives in Wettingen (Switzerland) and Vienna. She works for SRF, Swiss Radio and Television and has received various literary grants and scholarships for her short stories. With her debut novel Grunschnabel she was the finalist for the Swiss Book Awards 2011. The translation of the same, The Encyclopaedia of Good Reasons, is part of the Swiss List published by Seagull Books and supported by Pro Helvetia. Amongst her other published works is Hieronymus' Kinder as well as a large number of short stories in periodicals and anthologies. Monica Cantieni has also received numerous literary grants and awards.

Thomas Lehr
Thomas Lehr, born in 1957 in Speyer, has lived in Berlin since 1979. Before becoming a writer he studied biochemistry and science at the Freie Universität Berlin and worked as a programmer in a
science library. He has received a number of literary honors, including the Wolfgang-Koeppen-
Preis (2000) and the Art Prize of Rheinland-Palatinate (2006). In 2012 he was appointed as a new
member of the Arts Academy (Akademie der Künste) in Berlin. Since 1993 he has published 8 books. His novel "September" shortlisted for the "German Book Prize" in 2010 has been translated into English and is part of the "German List" by Seagull Books, Kolkata.

Mike Mitchell
Mike Mitchell was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, and studied German and French at Oxford University. He taught English at Riyad University, then German at Reading and Stirling Universities. In 1995 he took early retirement to concentrate on his work as a literary translator and has published over 70 books in translation, mainly from German, some from French. He lives in Argyll, Scotland.

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