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Dacia Maraini receives Honorary Award
Dacia Maraini receives the Honorary Award of the Austrian Book Trade for Tolerance in Thought and Action 2026. The award ceremony will take place on November 22 at the Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche as part of the European Literature Days.
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What is real?
Foreword by Walter Grond

Here you can find all the details about this year's festival edition, such as the accompanying program, focal points, foreword and much more!
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About the festival
The European Literature Days

Once a year, Krems an der Donau becomes a literary meeting place. Over four days, a varied festival programme invites visitors to dialogues, book talks, readings and musical-literary soirées.
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Reporting from the European Literature Days 2025
Daily Blogs

Once again this year, Irene Zanol & Rebekka Zeinzinger write about the individual events of the European Literature Days.
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A look back at the festival
Photos of the Literature Days 2025

Here you can find photos of the European Literature Days 2023, which took place from November 20 to 23, 2025 on the theme "What is real".
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Europäische Literaturtage ONLINE 19.-22.11.2020, Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche
22.11. Verleihung des Eherenpreises des Österreichischen Buchhandesl für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln an A.L.Kennedy — © Sascha Osaka /ELit

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