
Date
24. April – 25. April 2026
09:00 – 20:00
Location
Rovinj
APRIL 24, FRIDAY 11:00 City Library “Matthias Flacius Illyricus” Play and workshop for elementary school children based on the story by Antun Šoljan Papuan's slippers from the book This and Other Seas 12:00 Zvane Črnje High School Library Presentation of the final work of the film workshop of Rovinj high school students on the topic of The End of Literature Workshop leaders: Eric Ušić, Michele Bulešić, Marino and Teo Morosin 19:00 MMC BORIS SENKER Theatre Boris Senker will be interviewed by Tomislav Brlek, Lada Čale Feldman and Ivica Matičević, and songs will be performed by Petra Blašković APRIL 25, SATURDAY 9:30 Wreath laying at Antun Šoljan's house 10:00 MMC Literary and scientific colloquium: THE END OF LITERATURE – ASPECTS OF CHANGE Ivica Matičević: Introduction letter Antun Pavešković: Why literature? Tomislav Brlek: Does literature have a purpose? Jasmina Vojvodić: The end of literature in literature itself Tvrtko Vuković: The specter of the philological task: beyond the return to philology Tea Rogić Musa: Historical writing about literature: witnessing a silent death Dubravka Crnojević Carić: How does literature live on social networks (FB)? Lada Žigo Španić: The democratization of taste is bad taste Slaven Jurić: Ujević's Twilight of Poetry as Literaturdämmerung? Sven Kezele: Josip Sever: At the end of modernism? Jakob Filić: The Problem of Production and Consumption: Poetry Between Social Networks and Artificial Intelligence Pavle Bonča: Epulonov stun: Istrian anabasis and anabiosis Tihomir Glowatzky: Otpisani žive dulje!/ Totgesagte leben länger Magdalena Dyras: Overview of the State of Polish Literature Today (Writers, Literary Awards, Readers) Host: Ivica Matičević BOOK PRESENTATION BY THE DHK SMALL LIBRARY Boris Senker: Writers and Theater Artists, Collection of Essays, 2025. S. S. Kranjčević: Rukopis svijeta. Izabrane pjesme, ed. T. Brlek, 2025. Books will be discussed by: Boris Senker, Tomislav Brlek, Antun Pavešković, Ivica Matičević 20:00 “Antonio Gandusio” Theatre Concert: ERNST REIJSEGER & MARIO FORTE Ernst Reijseger – cello, Mario Forte – violin Patrons: Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, Istria County, City of Rovinj-Rovigno, Croatian Writers' Association