{"id":18055,"date":"2026-05-14T16:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avliberdade.com\/?p=18055"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:32:24","slug":"noite-da-literatura-europeia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avliberdade.com\/en\/noite-da-literatura-europeia\/","title":{"rendered":"European Literature Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

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European Literature Night<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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It is with great pleasure that EUNIC Portugal<\/strong> announces the return of the European Literature Night,<\/strong> in a particularly symbolic edition marking its 20th anniversary.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, 6 June, Lisbon will once again host this celebration of European literature, a free event featuring staged reading sessions taking place in various venues around Avenida da Liberdade (Marqu\u00eas de Pombal).<\/p>\n

The venues hosting the readings include Atmosfera m (Montepio Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Mutualista), the Biblioteca Arquitecto Cosmelli Sant\u2019Anna (BACS), Cam\u00f5es Institute, Cinema S\u00e3o Jorge, Instituto Cervantes, Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho, the Eleventy Milano store, Museu Medeiros e Almeida, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, and Universidade Aut\u00f3noma de Lisboa.<\/p>\n

As part of the Festas de Lisboa programme, the European Literature Night will present ten staged reading sessions between 7:00 pm and 11:30 pm. Lasting between 10 and 15 minutes and repeated every half hour, these readings allow audiences to move freely between the different venues \u2014 including some that are rarely open to the public.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s edition offers the opportunity to discover literature from 14 European countries \u2014 the Austrian Embassy in Lisbon, the Embassy of Belgium in Portugal and Wallonia-Brussels in Spain, Instituto Cervantes de Lisboa, the Estonian Embassy in Lisbon, the Finnish Ibero-American Institute, Institut fran\u00e7ais du Portugal and Alliance Fran\u00e7aise Lisbonne, the Embassy of Greece in Portugal, the Embassy of Hungary in Lisbon, the Italian Cultural Institute of Lisbon, the Embassy of Luxembourg in Lisbon, the Embassy of Poland in Lisbon, Cam\u00f5es, I.P., the British Council Portugal, and the Romanian Cultural Institute Lisbon \u2014 through performances of excerpts from their literary works by Portuguese and international actors and actresses.<\/p>\n

European Literature Night is an initiative of EUNIC Portugal \u2014 the network of cultural institutes and embassies of European Union countries, established in 2006 \u2014 and is being held in Lisbon this year in partnership with Lisbon City Council, Lisboa Cultura, Lisbon Libraries, the Representation of the European Commission in Portugal, Creative Europe Portugal, Santo Ant\u00f3nio Parish Council Lisbon, the National Reading Plan,\u00a0 Avenida Association, El Corte Ingl\u00e9s Portugal, and Antena1.<\/p>\n

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