Sajam knjiga je barometar kulturnih trendova, prostor gde se oblikuje budućnost knjige i istovremeno praznik za ljubitelje književnosti
The book fair acts as a barometer of cultural trends, a space that shapes the future of books while at the same time representing a celebration for lovers of literature
BOOK FAIR Belgrade’s celebration of the written word Nothing in the Serbian capital in late October smells as good as the pages of freshly printed books at the city’s international festival of literature
ris sveže odštampanog papira i osećaj blizine sa ljudima koji dele istu strast prema pisanoj reči. FRANKFURT – CENTAR SVETSKOG IZDAVAŠTVA Ako Beograd u oktobru postaje prestonica čitanja na Balkanu, Frank- furt je bez sumnje globalna prestoni- ca knjige. Frankfurtski sajam knjiga („Frankfurter Buchmesse“) najstari- ja je i najveća svetska manifestacija posvećena izdavaštvu. Njegovi kore- ni sežu još u 15. vek, u vreme Guten- berga i prvih štampanih knjiga, kada su se u Frankfurtu okupljali trgov- ci kako bi razmenjivali rukopise i in- kunabule. U modernom obliku Sajam je obnovljen 1949. godine i od tada raste do današnjih impresivnih raz- mera. Svake godine, pet dana u okto- bru, Frankfurt postaje mesto susreta desetina hiljada izdavača, književnih agenata i autora iz celog sveta. Ono što ovaj Sajam čini jedinstvenim jeste činjenica da se tu ne prodaju samo knjige već i prava – autorska, prevo- dilačka, filmska i televizijska. Mnogi poznati romani našli su put do svet- ske publike upravo kroz frankfurtske dogovore. Zemlja počasni gost svake godine donosi svoju književnu scenu i kulturu u prvi plan, a ove godine to će biti Filipini. Dok Beogradski sajam čuva inti- mnost i neposrednost susreta čitala- ca i autora, Frankfurt pokazuje svu snagu i obim globalne izdavačke in- dustrije. Dva sajma, dva različita sve- ta – Beograd kao mesto topline, ne- posrednosti i regionalne razmene, i Frankfurt kao globalna pozornica gde se odlučuje o sudbini književnih trži- šta. I jedan i drugi, međutim, doka- zuju isto: knjiga je i dalje najvažnija kulturna valuta.
S ince the inaugural edi- meeting place for writers, publishers, translators, editors and, of course, readers. The book fair traditionally runs for a week at the end of October (this year it will take place from 25 th October to 2 nd November) and brings togeth- er hundreds of local and foreign ex- hibitors. Each year’s edition carries a special theme, while special honour is granted to the guest country, which represents its publishing industry, authors and cultural scene as a focal point of the fair. Guest country pavil- ions always attract attention by bring- ing the spirit and literary tradition of a nation, and that honour will this tion of 1957, the Belgrade Book Fair has grown to become a symbol of the city’s cultural life and a
year belong to Cyprus. If someone told you that Belgrad- ers love books, don’t take their word for it. Make plans to be in the Ser- bian capital in late October and be sure to visit this kingdom of the writ- ten word, which is circled in our cal- endars each year as one of the key events that we simply can’t wait to at- tend. Even if you aren’t a literary fa- natic, you’ll still find something ir- resistible in the millions of colourful covers, the smell of new pages, people walking between the stands with lists of desired editions in their hands, ab- sorbed in flipping through freshly published books. The Belgrade Book Fair is a special place for all of us who adore reading, but also for the writers who attend and can watch the process of readers falling in love with their works. In ad-
Tekst / Words: Vanja Filipović Fotografije / Photography: Profimedia.rs
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