International Book Festival Schedule In Budapest Announced
- 25 Mar 2010 4:00 AM
"Over 500 writers and poets from 25 countries will be represented at the 17th Budapest International Book Festival on April 22-25 with about 50,000 volumes, it was announced on Wednesday.
Israel will be the special guest this year and the festival Grand Prize will be presented to Israeli author Amos Oz.
Saudi Arabia will be the first Arab country to display its products at the four-day event. Brazilian and Vietnamese writers will also be featured at the festival for the first time.
Hungarian-language literature will be represented by 450 authors."
Source: Hungary Around the Clock.
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