»There is a poem on the edge of language” – an evening for Axel Kutsch with our authors: Gerrit Wustmann and Amir Shaheen

The poet and editor Axel Kutsch helped shape German poetry for almost fifty years. From early political poetry to language experiments in the 1990s and humorous metal poetry to his formative role as editor of almost fifty anthologies: without Axel Kutsch, the local poetry scene would be different.

After his serious illness in February 2023, his daughter Katja Kutsch and the writer Gerrit Wustmann compiled his entire poetic work. In the Literaturhaus Cologne they present it together with publishers Ralph Love as well as Amir Shaheen, Markus Peter, Gundula Schiffer, Bernt Hahn and Anton G. Leitner before, recite favorite poems and talk about Axel Kutsch, the poet and person. It will be, to quote Kutsch, a “celebration of the word.”

Thursday / 0February 1st 2024 / 19:30 o'clock