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Iceland at the Fair
"The presentation of the Guest of Honour Iceland was the best in a long time"
This was a statement made by the newspaper "Frankfurter Rundschau". The Iceland-Pavilion at the fair faced an attendance record. Huge screens showed Icelanders reading from their favourite books and a multimedia-box introduced visitors to the fascinating nature of the island. Around 40 Icelandic authors presented their titles in the fully occupied hall of the Iceland-Pavilion and at other places of the fairground. The Icelandic sitting-room invited to take a break from the hectic of the halls and to browse through one of the 916 books of the exhibition Books On Iceland. Everybody gathered here - to read, to relax and to taste the Iceland Special - Brennevín during the daily happy hour. The Iceland-Pavilion was THE place to be!
Press information "When are you coming back?"
Fabulous 230 new titles were published by 11 publishing companies.
The spotlight of these is on the newly translated Icelandsagas (Íslendingasögur), but also on numerous contemporary and young authors.
Wide-ranging information together with author profiles, contacts, new publications is available to you at the website of the Guest of Honour 2011 as well as the highly recommended newsletter:
Fabulous Iceland
The international book exhbition "Books on Iceland" featured 916 titles from 260 publishing houses out of 20 countries.
Catalogue Books on Iceland
Impressions of the Frankfurt Book Fair
Organisation Committee
Fabulous Iceland
Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2011
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
Director: Halldór Guðmundsson
Vice President: Rakel Björnsdóttir
Art and culture programme: Matthias Wagner K
Literature programme: Thomas Böhm
Coordination and organisation Germany: Katrín Árnadóttir
E-mail: info@sagenhaftes-island.de
Contact
"Fabulous Iceland"
You will find further information on the Guest of Honour 2011, on Icelandic literature and culture as well as author portraits on the official website of "Fabulous Iceland"
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Guest of Honour 2010 Argentina
In the year of the 200th anniversary of its declaration of independence, the country made an impressive appearance at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
From 6 to 10 October 2010, Argentina introduced itself as Guest of Honour in Frankfurt.
"The appearance of Guest of Honour Argentina is the most literary we have had for many years", said Juergen Boos, director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, speaking at the Guest of Honour's closing press conference.
The Guest of Honour had presented itself at the exhibition site with the motto "Argentina, culture in motion", featuring more than 65 authors, 120 publishing companies and 150 events.
In the Guest of Honour year 2010, 108 publishing companies produced 216 new titles on Argentina in German alone. With 116 new publications in the literature and fiction category, Argentina actually set a record as Guest of Honour.
Books on Argentina
The international book exhibition "Books on Argentina" displayed 1,049 books from 324 publishing companies and 18 countries. The collection of titles on Argentina's culture, its past and present were presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair as part of the Guest of Honour appearance in the Forum, Level 1.
Catalogue "Books on Argentina"