West-Eastern Diwan e.V. “… floating between the worlds…” with Dr. Peter Ludwig, Saarbrücken moderated by Prof. Dr. phil. Gert Sautermeister West-Eastern Diwan e.V. together with the Goethe-Gesellschaft Bremen. Violence, terror, war - in many places, societies and cultures are currently exhausted and destroyed. Completely different, the literary encounter between the great Persian poet Hafis, donated for centuries with his Diwan (14th century) and Goethe, which gains shape and expression in the poetry of his western-Eastern Divan (1819/1827). In the meantime there have been…

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This year a trade fair will take place at the publisher as part of the Tehran book fair without censorship on May 5. At the same time as the book fair in Tehran in Iran, Iranian independent publishers outside of Iran show the literature that may not be published in its country of origin. The fair is not only a sale of books, but also a civilian protest for the back of the right to creativity and freedom of expression. Readings and discussions are planned during the trade fair period. Follow more information about the authors that follow…

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On May 15th at 7:30 p.m. there will be a reading in the Haus Halchem ​​district library (Severinstraße 15, 50678 Cologne). The central theme are cheerful and backlit poems and short stories. The author of Sujet Verlags Amir Shaheen will also read. Evert Everts, Petra Reachui and Rolf Polander are also represented. Admission is free. Amir Shaheen, born 1966 in Lüdenscheid, studied German studies, English, theater, film and television science. The trained publisher is an author, editor and PR editor and writes poetry, prose, satirical and columns. Since 1989…

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Am 24. Mai um 19 Uhr findet eine Lesung mit Halim Youssef statt. Veranstaltet wird sie vom Literaturhaus Wuppertal im Internationalen Begenungszentrum der Caritas Wuppertal/Solingen. Die Lesung eröffnet die Veranstaltungsreihe "In einer anderen Sprache", welche sich auf Autor*innen konzentriert, die nicht primär auf Deutsch schreiben und so ihr Leben und Wirken zwischen den Sprachen in den Vordergrund rückt. In diesem Rahmen wird Halim Youssef mehrere Kurzgeschichten vorstellen, die zum Teil unveröffentlicht sind und erstmals auf Deutsch gelesen werden. Moderiert und kuratiert wird die…

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