Tag: Kastner
Wolf Haas receives the Erich Kästner Prize for Literature – Munich
Put a stop to beer seriousness. Wolf Haas likes this formulation. At the awarding of the Erich Kästner Prize for Literature on Friday evening in the International Youth Book Library…
Erich Kästner and the Nazis: opportunist or decent guy?
February 23, 2024, 12:09 p.m 14 mins Erich Kästner was born 125 years ago. His books are still loved. His attitude towards the National Socialists was ambivalent. A discussion with…
Kästner anniversary: Munich reading by Norbert Wollschläger – Munich
Erich Kästner and Kurt Tucholsky are on vacation – and coincidentally in the same Swiss hotel. The two grand masters of polished words both stayed in a luxury hotel on…
Erich Kästner – an overview of the anniversary year – Munich
The writer was born 125 years ago and died 50 years ago. On the occasion of the big anniversary year, the International Youth Library, theater and new books commemorate the…
Stefan Kastner stages a tavern reading with texts from Achternbusch – Munich
This immortal sentence. “This area has ruined me, and I’m staying here until it shows.” It’s a cross with home, so the surreal romantic flees after all. To Greenland, where…
Wolf Haas receives Erich Kästner Prize for Literature – Munich
“Nothing like writing, writing, writing.” This is the credo for his most recent work, “Property,” which also serves as a credo for his life. Although Wolf Haas is not a…
Kästner classic: “The Flying Classroom”: new edition with girl power
Kästner classic “The Flying Classroom”: new edition with girl power The classic children’s and young adult book “The Flying Classroom” has already been made into a film three times. Now…
Erich Kästner film adaptation: classic remake: "The Flying Classroom" in the hilarious trailer
Erich Kästner’s school novel “The Flying Classroom” will be released again in 2023. Leni Deschner, Tom Schilling and Hannah Herzsprung will be there. Theatrical release is October 12, 2023. Erich…
Highly political: Readings about Erich Kästner and Uwe Neumahr – Munich
Motorway Munich-Nuremberg, November 1945. Erich Kästner drives to the opening of the war crimes trials in Nuremberg. “The crows are crouching in the bare, dead fields,” he writes. And a…
Texts by Erich Kästner: “Resignation is not a point of view” – culture
Of the then younger authors of the Weimar Republic, who were granted something like posthumous fame, Erich Kästner is by far the most popular today. His name and his books…