The Bremen poet Bernd Jaeger will read from his volume of poetry “Kleine Tage in Klausur” on Tuesday, May 7th in the Text’n Art rooms at Sujet Verlag. In this he writes with a distancing (self-)irony about his everyday thoughts and prayers, which succeeds in making readers both laugh and think. Using creative and political language, his poetry deals with life, faith and time.
On September 12th, Ali Abdollahi is coming to Dresden to present his volumes of poetry and his anthology “A Thief in the Dark Stares at a Painting”. The anthology was published by us in 2021 and is a collection of Persian-language poetry from the 21st century that Ali Abdollahi selected and translated together with Kurt Scharf. More information about the reading can be found here: https://literaturnetz-dresden.de/veranstaltungen/ali-abdollahi-wetterumschlag/ A thief in the dark stares at a painting The volume brings together a selection of poems by the most important contemporary Persian-speaking poets from all over the world
"The many novels, stories and poems that are currently being written in Iran speak of the ongoing need for reflection, for cultural explanation and for paraphrasing of social conditions.”
"The others, the serious poets, pay a high price for their independence, namely that of a constant threat from the state. 'Let's cry at a grave / in which / there is still no dead', writes Shahin Mansouri Arani, who was born in 1960, in her poem 'Knives': 'Sharper knives / are already on the way.' ” ‑Kersten Knipp, DW
We are looking forward to the book premiere of the new book of poetry Im Traumen, the animals stand still by our Bremen author Ulrike Marie Hille. The event will take place on December 16 at 6 p.m. in the Wall Hall of the Bremen City Library, Am Wall 201. Prof. Dr. Gert Sautermeister take over. In Dreams, the animals stand still, Ulrike Marie Hille takes her readership with her on her travels. With a view of the world, the lyrical I travels through "poetic landscapes" until it finds itself in the
We are looking forward to the event At Home in the Word - Long Night of Poetry on September 17th, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. in the Brunnenhof in the Arsenal in Augsburg. In the beginning was the song. At the beginning of poetry in ancient Greece, the lyrical performance was accompanied by a kithara or lyre. The poem was a song – the song was a poem. After the silence in the pandemic, text and music should have their say again. Five Augsburg authors, Carmen Jaud, Sarah Kiyanrad, Knut Schaflinger, Max Sessner, Siegried Völlger
We are looking forward to being part of the 3rd Bremen Book Mile this year on September 4th, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Langenstraße. Organized by the bookstore Storm, we are one of more than 40 independent publishers and publishers from Bremen from the German-speaking area who are presenting themselves together. There are books for big and small readers to discover, authors to hear live and publishers and their programs to experience. The supporting program consists of more than 20 readings on four open-air stages.
On September 2, 2021, the Syrian-Palestinian author Ramy Al-Asheq will read from his collection of poetry, Gedächtnishunde, as part of the reading series "Berlin Contemporary Literature". The event takes place open-air in front of the Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf as part of the "Villa OPENheim" program. Admission is free, but places are limited! More information and how you can take part in the reading can be found on the website of the organizer Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Please register in advance by phone or email: museum@charlottenburg-wilmersdorf.de / Tel. +49 30 – 90 29 24 106
Inge Buck Time and Memory We are looking forward to the book premiere of the new book of poetry Time and Memory by the Bremen author Inge Buck on August 11th in the Franz Leuwer bookstore at 7:00 p.m. With time and memory, the Bremen author Inge Buck presents another engaging volume of poetry. The poems deal with the author's experiences and adventures during visits to museums and historical places. The volume contains poems that were written on trips between 1980 and 2020
As part of the "Many Languages - One World" project, the poet Schirin Nowrousian will read from her multilingual work. Schirin Nowrousian is an author, poet and translator and she writes in more than one language. Poems flow from her pen in German, French and sometimes in English, and sometimes other languages such as Lithuanian and Portuguese are added. For our event she brings texts in several languages from all her previous book publications (including the volume "Gläserne Fehde" published by Sujet Verlag in 2019),
From May 2nd to July 31st, sculptures and drawings by the Bremen artist and author Gunther Gerlach will be on display at the Barfuss Gallery in Hamburg. At the opening, the author reads the voices from his latest volume of poetry, Deeper in Space, which is published by Sujet Verlag. With music by Martin Hamborg Exhibition opening subject to the Corona rules on May 2, 2021. Visits in compliance with the prescribed Corona measures.
Finally the time has come! The Iranian evenings, which we had to postpone twice last year, can finally be held! From February 13th to 28th, 2021 we offer you a series of online and face-to-face events on the topics of Iran, Iranian literature and culture, Persian poetry and translations. We are also particularly pleased that some of our authors and translators will be there to answer our questions... You can find the complete program here! If you are already registered for a specific event
On the occasion of the anniversary of the right-wing extremist attack on the synagogue in Halle, our poem of the week is "The Exception" by Eberhard Pfleiderer. With clear words, a fine sense of rhythm and a lively communication between image and text, Eberhard Pfleiderer deals with the increasing shift to the right in German society in his new volume of poetry "Zwangst". Here is the link to our Facebook page
Today we would like to draw your attention to a thought-provoking article that appeared some time ago in the humanistic! magazine (issue 02/2020). Forugh Farrochsād, of whom we published German translations of her poems in 2018, is described here as Iran's most important modern poet. Her work ruthlessly holds up a mirror to the society of her country of origin, breaking a number of taboos in the process. The article reminds us in detail of the life story of a brave and at the same time very tragic figure in Iranian literary history. Published by Forough Farrochsād in Sujet Verlag:
Inge Buck and Madjid Mohit will read from "Nachtwind" in German and Persian. Autumn and yet no autumn at the end of a summer: poems about the rhythm of the seasons and their imperceptible loss. With Hölderlin on the banks of the Neckar and Maria Theresa in the baroque garden in Vienna: poems about places and cities where the past and the present meet, where history becomes tangible. Poems about the horrors of the present, which thwart and disturb everyday life while the night wind sweeps around the house. And again and again
We are happy about a wonderful report in the Weser Kurier about Inge Buck's new book of poetry "Nachtwind"! Weser courier Inge Buck 05/16/2019
The NZZ am Sonntag writes about the recently published volume of poetry “Gedächtnishunde” by Ramy Al-Asheq: “The war in Syria has spread Arabic poetry all over the world. Ramy Al-Asheq (*1989) is one of the countless people who had to flee in 2011 after the suppressed protest against Bashar al-Asad. Now he lives and writes poetry in Germany and forms beguilingly unwieldy language pictures from the devastation of war and the injuries of love. In the eponymous poem “Memory Dogs”, The War in Syria spread Arabic poetry all over the world
The wait is finally over! We are very pleased to announce that Inge Buck's new volume of poetry, Nachtwind, has recently been published here by Sujet Verlag. Here you can get a little foretaste: Fresh snow A lot is not good, but that the fresh snow covers everything for one afternoon one evening one night The poetic miniatures are congenially accompanied by the minimalistic cartoons by Lothar Bührmann. The book premiere will take place on May 16 in the Leuwer bookstore. Look forward to
Good news! The new volume of poetry Shortly before thirty, ... kiss me by the successful author Widad Nabi arrived here at Sujet Verlag today. Wonderful texts await you! First of all, there is a little foretaste: I bring up mourning in the empty flower pots on my balcony. The green has left my home since the last cry of a starving child in my country. Translation from Arabic by Suleman Taufiq.
It's finally here! We are very happy to hold the great volume of poetry by the poetry award winner Amir Shaheen in our hands. Divided into three groups, Leuchtspuren Restlicht brings together around sixty poems, including the poem “Sediment” for the first time in a book, for which Shaheen was awarded the postpoetry.nrw prize in November 2018. Here is the book.
