Tag: Monacensia
New writing residency at Monacensia – Munich
“What knowledge lies – undiscovered – within us? How do we approach taboos? Who is allowed to tell history?” Such questions will be the focus of the Monacensia’s next writing…
Monacensia boss: “We are also psychologists in a way” – Munich
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…
SZ podcast “Munich personally”: Anke Buettner, head of Monacensia – Munich
Since 2019, Anke Buettner has headed a very special Munich institution: the Monacensia. But what is the Monacensia? The short answer to this question: the city’s literary archive. At first…
“Underworlds of the Present”: An LMU workshop in the Monacensia – Munich
Descending into the “underworlds of the present” – if that’s not a topic that gets you in the mood for All Saints’ Day? Great minds meet at the Monacensia to…
Writing residency of the “Turtle Magazin(e)” in the Monacensia – Munich
“Wow. Just wow.” This is how the March newsletter of the “Turtle Magazine(s)” the first big appearance in the Monacensia together. It was, unmistakably, a success: the hall of the…
Munich: The Monacensia acquires the archive of the Blumenbar-Verlag – Munich
For the cover of the very first book by Blumenbar-Verlag, the author FX Karl drew a washing machine – and faxed the picture to the designer. That was in 2002.…
The literary archive Monacensia acquires the estate of the poet SAID – Munich
The poet SAID had already dedicated his literary archive to the literary archive Monacensia during his lifetime. The Iranian-born writer (1947-2021) spent many decades in exile in Munich, where he…