
Czech Writer Bianca Bellová in Riga
06.03.2019 / 15:27 | Aktualizováno: 24.02.2020 / 09:51
Thursday, February 28, 2019 the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Riga in cooperation with the Czech-Latvian society and publishing house "Pētergailis" organized an event dedicated to the presentation of the Latvian translation of the famous Czech writer Bianka Bellová’s novel "Lake" ("Jezero").
A press conference took place at the embassy’s premises at 16:00 and was followed by the presentation of the novel in the SPIIKIIZI café with participation of the writer Bianca Bellová. The Ambassador Miroslav Kosek attended the event, members of the Latvian-Czech society and the Latvian public. The translator of the book Halina Lapiņa read the passage from the novel both in Czech and Latvian languages. The novel "Lake" is the fourth book of a writer, which has received the European Union Literature Prize 2017 and the Magnesia Prize for Literature.