Romanian author Liliana Corobca, one of the most original voices in contemporary Eastern European literature, joins the 2025European Literature Night in New York. A novelist, essayist, and playwright, Corobca explores the intricate borders between memory and history, exile and belonging, censorship and resistance. Her works—among themToo Great a Sky, Kinderland, The Censor's Notebooks, and Censorship for Beginners—have been translated into multiple languages and acclaimed for their poetic force and moral clarity. In recent years, published in English by Seven Stories Press, Corobca’s writing has reached a wider audience, inviting readers to reflect on the legacies of authoritarianism and the power of human resilience.
Now in its 7th edition, European Literature Night is a major annual celebration of European writing in the United States, organized by EUNIC New York in collaboration with PEN America. This year’s discussions and readings explore pressing contemporary themes through the lens of some of Europe’s most compelling literary voices:
"The Past’s Presence" – how seismic historical events shape characters’ present lives;
"Authoritarianism / Writing War" – the language of war and its moral, political, and social ramifications;
"Ties That Bind" – how love, desire, and community shape our stories.
Apart from Romania, the 2025 edition features authors from ten European countries, presented by their respective cultural institutes and consulates in New York:
Alois Hotschnig, Austria
Marek Torčík, Czechia
Khuê Pham, Germany
Gabija Grusaite, Lithuania
Tobi Lakmaker, The Netherlands
Joanna Olczak-Ronikier, Poland
Katherine Vaz, Portugal
Liliana Corobca, Romania
Ariane Koch, Switzerland
Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Sweden
Artem Chapeye, Ukraine
Admission is free! Please register HERE.
Born in the Republic of Moldova, LILIANA COROBCA is a novelist, essayist, and playwright whose work navigates the fragile boundaries between history and memory, exile and belonging, censorship and resistance. She made her debut with Negrissimo (2003), winner of multiple prizes, followed by A Year in Paradise (2005), Kinderland (2013), andT he Old Maids’ Empire (2015). Her bold theatrical monologue Censorship for Beginners (2014) has been staged internationally, while The Censor’s Notebook (winner of the 2023 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize), Kinderland and Too Great a Sky have been translated into English by Monica Cure and published by Seven Stories Press, earning her wide critical acclaim in the United States.
