Anke Buettner heads the Monacensia, the Munich literary archive. On December 11th she will be awarded the Karl Preusker Medal, one of the highest honors in German libraries. A conversation about collecting and preserving.
What exactly is the Monacensia? For proven literature fans, no explanation is needed. For some, even native Munich residents, it may be a place about which there is only vague knowledge. You may have heard of it before, for example in connection with other institutions such as the Kammerspiele or the Munich Literature Festival. Maybe your eye caught a poster for an exhibition or event there. Where is she, this Monacensia, and what can you do there? In short: a lot.