From 21. to 22. November 2024 the two-day festival will feature a series of readings by both German and international writers working across linguistic boundaries.
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Hapeyeva, Volha
Poster LitFest 2024
A joint poetry reading and conversation on translation and writing between languages with Uljana Wolf, a German poet and translator, and Volha Hapeyeva, a Belarusian poet, novelist, and essayist in exile, will open the festival.
Irish author Naoise Dolan will discuss her novels Exciting Times (2020) and The Happy Couple (2023), which explore the challenging love and working life of the Millennial generation.
A novel reading and conversation by Jenny Erpenbeck, renowned German novelist, playwright, and International Booker Prize winner (2024) for her novel Kairos, with her father, acclaimed scientist and writer John Erpenbeck; they will discuss their respective careers in the GDR and in Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the history of their family, and the relationship between their literary or scholarly work and recent social changes.
Program
Thursday, 21.11.2024, 18:00 - 19:00
Poetry Reading & Conversation with Uljana Wolf (Germany) and Volha Hapeyeva (Belarus)
Language: German
19:30 - 20:30
The Happy Couple: Novel Reading & Conversation with Naoise Dolan (Ireland)
Language: English
Friday, 22.11.2024, 17:30 - 18:30
Bard College Berlin Student Reading
Language: English
This event features Bard College Berlin students reading from their works of creative writing, fiction, and poetry.
19:30 - 21:00
Familienstraße: Novel Reading & Conversation with Jenny Erpenbeck (Germany) and John Erpenbeck (Germany)
Language: German
Bard College Berlin is a non-profit German-American university with 360 students from more than 70 countries that offers intensive, transdisciplinary education in the humanities and social sciences. Located in Pankow, the college is opening its campus to the public for LitFest.
Thursday, 21.11.2024
18:00 - 19:00
19:30 - 20:30
Friday, 22.11.2024
17:30 - 18:30
19:30 - 21:00
Location: W15 Cafe
Waldstraße 15
13156 Berlin
Additional information
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