Writer Liliana Corobca, author of prose, essays and theatre, one of the most appreciated voices of Eastern European prose, will represent Romania at the seventh edition of the European Literature Night, which will take place on Thursday at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York.

According to a press release from the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) New York sent on Tuesday to AGERPRES, the event, which brings together, year after year, some of the most interesting and powerful voices of contemporary European literature, is organized by EUNIC New York in collaboration with PEN America. The event proposes, in its current edition, a reflection on the way in which the past, history and war experiences shape the present and human identity, exploring three major themes: 'The Past's Presence', 'Authoritarianism/Writing War' and 'Ties That Bind'.

At European Literature Night 2025, Liliana Corobca will read excerpts from her book 'Too Great a Sky' (Seven Stories Press, 2024), during two reading sessions organized in the Library Room of the UIA, and will participate in the panel 'The Past's Presence', moderated by Sabir Sultan, Director of World Voices Festival & Literary Programs at PEN America, along with Alois Hotschnig (Austria), Khue Pham (Germany), Jonas Hassen Khemiri (Sweden) and Katherine Vaz (Portugal).

The discussion will explore how history, collective traumas and war experiences reverberate in contemporary literature.

Liliana Corobca will join a remarkable group of European writers including Alois Hotschnig (Austria), Marek Torcik (Czech Republic), Khue Pham (Germany), Gabija Grusaite (Lithuania), Tobi Lakmaker (Netherlands), Joanna Olczak-Ronikier (Poland), Katherine Vaz (Portugal), Ariane Koch (Switzerland), Jonas Hassen Khemiri (Sweden) and Artem Chapeye (Ukraine).

The presence of the Romanian writer in New York has a special significance, at a time of increased international visibility, given the fact that she was recently translated and published in English by the prestigious Seven Stories Press, currently having three volumes published in three consecutive years in the United States: 'The Censor's Notebook' (2022), 'Kinderland' (2023) and 'Too Great a Sky' (2024), all translated by the renowned translator Monica Cure.

Liliana Corobca's books have been translated into several languages and are appreciated for the poetic force and moral clarity with which they approach themes such as memory, exile, belonging, and resistance to oppression. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Daniel Popescu; EN - writing by: Bogdan Gabaroi)