Tag: Munich Literature Festival
From the literature festival to the Literaturhaus brasserie: lots of construction sites – Munich
Anyone who is currently visiting the Literaturhaus Munich will be wondering: What is going on here? The entrances to the Brasserie OskarMaria on the ground floor are barricaded, construction gates…
The Munich Literature Festival takes on a new form – Munich
“If everything is to stay as it is, everything has to change.” This sentence from the novel “The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa fits in well with the innovations…
Portrait of the German-Nigerian author Efua Traoré, who lives in Munich
City and country, reality and myth, Africa and Europe: the German-Nigerian author Efua Traoré is a mediator between the worlds – now, after England, Nigeria, France and the USA, her…
Munich Literature Festival 2023: What remains of the hustle and bustle – Munich
The Munich Literature Festival promoted exchanges about books and the world over almost three weeks. However, one or two questions, including those regarding the organizational structure, remain open. What books…
Munich: Tonio Schachinger reads in the Literaturhaus – Munich
Tonio Schachinger, the winner of this year’s German Book Prize, presents his novel “Real Age” at the Literaturhaus. Which target group does the coming of age novel address? “Doesn’t the…
Munich: Paths into the future – at the end of the Literaturfest Forum – Munich
“What we inherit, what we leave behind”: Highlights of the Literature Festival Forum – what can be learned in questions of identity and science, and how important is money actually?…
Joachim Gauck at the Munich – Munich Literature Festival
A moment of pause on Monday evening in the almost full large auditorium of the LMU: Joachim Gauck did not understand a question. Because of his hearing problem, you shouldn’t…
“You have to be defensive!” Tanja Maljartschuk at the Literature Festival – Munich
What do pitchforks have to do with peace? When Tanja Maljartschuk was invited to the Osnabrück peace talks on October 3rd, she was amazed: for a memorial in front of…
“I am the prophet!”: Deborah Feldman at the Munich Literature Festival – Munich
“You belong to the people of the prophets!” There is recognition, but also irony, in Ellen Presser’s remark at the end of an evening of discussions in the Haus der…
The “Stories from the Big City” are back – for one evening. – Munich
The “Stories from the Big City” return for a unique evening of remembrance on November 24th at the Monacensia, as part of the Literature Festival. It is the word “unique”…