Eye of the Word Festival

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Oko besede

https://www.okobesede.org/oko-besede

Frequencyannual

Festival dates12.9.2024 – 14.9.2024

Established in 1995, the Eye of the Word Festival (Oko besede) is an annual traditional gathering of Slovene writers of children's and youth literature, as well as literary theorists, critics, librarians, and pedagogues. During the festival, writers pay visits to schools and participate in symposia, round tables, and readings. The festival was managed by Franc-Franc Publishing until 2015. Since 2016, the festival organizer has been Argo, Society for Humanities (NGO). Traditionally, it is held in autumn in Murska Sobota in Prekmurje.

Programme

Every year, a different theme is put into focus, with the aim of underlining and discussing an array of issues related to youth literature. By inviting foreign authors, the festival stimulates the exchange of experiences and promotes Slovene literature on an international scale. Papers, reports, and interviews with the Večernica Award nominees and winners are then published in the journal The Child and the Book (Otrok in knjiga).

The Večernica Award ceremony, a Slovenian literary prize for the best children's or youth literary work of the past year. The 26th Večernica Award laureate was Slovenian literary critic and writer Maša Ogrizek, Eye of the Word Festival 2022.

Literarna matineja prejemnikov večernice - srečanje Oko besede 2021 / Vinarium by Feri Lainšček on YouTube

See also

• Večernica Award
• Franc-Franc Publishing

External links

• Eye of the Word Festival website

Gallery

The Večernica Award ceremony, a Slovenian literary prize for the best children's or youth literary work of the past year. The 24th Večernica Award laureate was poet, playwright, director, and actor Andrej Rozman Roza, Eye of the Word Festival 2020.

The Večernica Award ceremony, a Slovenian literary prize for the best children's or youth literary work of the past year. The 25th Večernica Award laureate was writer Sebastijan Pregelj, Eye of the Word Festival 2021.

The Večernica Award ceremony, a Slovenian literary prize for the best children's or youth literary work of the past year. The 26th Večernica Award laureate was Slovenian literary critic and writer Maša Ogrizek, Eye of the Word Festival 2022.

The Večernica Award ceremony, a Slovenian literary prize for the best children's or youth literary work of the past year. The 27th Večernica Award laureate was writer and storyteller Špela Frlic. Eye of the Word Festival (Oko besede), 2023.

Excursion organized within the framework of the Eye of the Word Festival, 2018.

Poster for the festival Eye of the Word (Oko besede) in 2022, made by Slovenian painter and illustrator Alenka Sottler.