The country of Turkey and Finnish author Sofi Oksanen will be guests of honour at this year's Budapest International Book Fair taking place next month, the event's director said on Tuesday.
Turkey, to be a guest of honour country at the fair for the first time, will set up a 150-square-metre stand and present works by authors, the Turkish ambassador told a press conference for the fair.
Two of the authors, Elif Safak and Iskender Pala, will be present at the event, Sakir Fakili said. The Turkish stand will host several panel discussions, he added.
Guest of honour Sofi Oksanen will receive the Budapest Grand Prix, the highest Hungarian literary award granted to a foreign author, from Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos on the fair's opening day on April 24.
Other eminent guests to the four-day fair include Hungarian-born American political scientist Charles Gati, Pulitzer Prize-winning Polish-American author Anne Applebaum and Norwegian author Jorgen Lorentzen.
At the fair, a separate stand featuring an exhibition will be set up to mark the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust and the 25th anniversary of Hungarian-Israeli diplomatic relations.
The tenth anniversary of Hungary's EU accession and the 25th anniversary of the dismantling of the Iron Curtain at the Austrian border will also be highlighted at the fair organised in the Millenaris cultural centre.
Two of the authors, Elif Safak and Iskender Pala, will be present at the event, Sakir Fakili said. The Turkish stand will host several panel discussions, he added.
Guest of honour Sofi Oksanen will receive the Budapest Grand Prix, the highest Hungarian literary award granted to a foreign author, from Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos on the fair's opening day on April 24.
Other eminent guests to the four-day fair include Hungarian-born American political scientist Charles Gati, Pulitzer Prize-winning Polish-American author Anne Applebaum and Norwegian author Jorgen Lorentzen.
At the fair, a separate stand featuring an exhibition will be set up to mark the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust and the 25th anniversary of Hungarian-Israeli diplomatic relations.
The tenth anniversary of Hungary's EU accession and the 25th anniversary of the dismantling of the Iron Curtain at the Austrian border will also be highlighted at the fair organised in the Millenaris cultural centre.
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