PesText 2025 // International Festival of Literature and Culture
Here is the list of authors for the PesText 2025 Spring Festival! 📚🌍
This spring, world literature returns to Budapest! From May 7–10, the PesText International Literary and Cultural Festival is back, featuring some of the most exciting contemporary authors!
Schedule
The festival's special guests:
đź“š Christoph Ransmayr
đź“š Petr Zelenka
đź“š Joanna Concejo
đź“š Karin Smirnoff
đź“š David Almond
📚 Olja Ivančević Savičević
đź“š Elisa Shua Dusapin
đź“š Clare Leslie Hall
Highlights from the program:
✨ Translation workshops and the V4 Translation Happening
✨ Illustration workshops with Joanna Concejo
✨ Play readings with Petr Zelenka
✨ Christoph Ransmayr mini-festival
✨ Inspiring panel discussions
✨ Meet and greet sessions with book signings.
One of the special features of PesText is that all events are free to attend.
đź“Ť Venues:
– Három Holló – Piarista köz 1., 1052 Budapest
– Petőfi Literary Museum – Károlyi utca 16., 1053 Budapest
🗓️ Date: May 7–10, 2025
The PesText festival is organized by the Hungarian Literature Copyright Protection Association and Rights management (MISZJE), with the support of the Hungarian Foundation for Culture and in cooperation with the Petőfi Cultural Agency.
Main Sponsor: Hungarian Foundation for Culture
Key Supporters: NKA, MNMKK Petőfi Literary Museum
Follow the event and stay tuned for more details! Who's excited already???