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China, Bret Easton Ellis guests of honour at Budapest Int'l Book festival
Thursday, 10 April 2008
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China and celebrated American author Bret Easton Ellis will be guests of honour at Budapest's 15th International Book Festival, April 24-27.
China has been chosen as guest of honour to introduce its book industry, which accounts for 20 percent of the global total, as well as its culture, one of the most ancient of the world, said Peter Zentai, president of the Hungarian Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
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    Forty-eight Chinese publishing houses from 34 provinces will be present, as well as with three authors to meet the audience, at its 100-sqm-stand, the Chinese Embassy's cultural attaché Liu Weng Qing said.

    The Budapest ELTE University's Confucius Institute will present a cross-section of their publications including Chinese translations of Hungarian books.

    Bret Easton Ellis, whose entire output is available in Hungarian, will be at the festival opening on April 24 to meet the public.

    The Budapest festival is modelled on the prestigious Frankfurt Fair and is organised each year to coincide with World Book and Copyright Day on April 23. This year it will present volumes by 500 publishers from 30 countries.

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