Where? Schauspiel Köln, Schanzenstraße 6-20, 51063 Cologne In the summer of 2017, Turkey announced the arrest of the Cologne-based writer Doğan Akhanlı via Interpol. The director Nuran David Calis takes on Akhanlı's life story, which in personal and harrowing reports not only reports on the fateful arrest, but also on previous imprisonments, some of which lasted for many years.
Bremen book premiere: Schirin Nowrousian Transparent feud We are looking forward to the book premiere of Schirin Nowrousian's new volume of poetry “Gläserne Fehde” on November 3rd at 7:30 p.m. in the Villa Ichon! Transparent feud" takes on the fear and sadness as well as dealing with both, and sometimes quite directly, without beating around the bush, in all fragility and force. And at the same time, laughter and smiles run through the volume - they are woven into the pages of the book like fine threads. "Glass feud" is also included…
Reading from the anthology of the same name (edited by Angelika Sinn) With: Mila Chami, Saber Latifi, Madjid Mohit, Salman Nurhak and Ernesto Salazar-Jiménez At the piano: Milena Minkwitz Afterwards: Discussion with the authors, the editor Angelika Sinn and the publisher Madjid Mohit Moderator: Jens Laloire An event organized by the Bremer Literaturkontor in cooperation with the Sujet Verlag & Villa Sponte Tuesday, November 10th, 7 p.m., Villa Sponte, Osterdeich 59 B Admission is free – after the reading, hats go around because of the hygiene regulations…
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 7:00 p.m. Reading The dream of Tibet by Fariba Vafi translated from Farsi by Jutta Himmelreich My neighbor's paradise by Nava Ebrahimi In Fariba Vafi's The dream of Tibet, young Scholeh suffers from lovesickness and flees to her half-sister Shiva and her husband Javid. While Scholeh is plagued by her own worries, she begins to question the happiness of the others: Is Schiwa happy with her husband? Does Djawid dream bigger than a family? What do intimacy, adultery and criticism of authority mean?…
Thursday, Nov. 19, 7:00 p.m. Poetry evening Sarah Kiyanrad and Garous Abdolmalekian in conversation about contemporary Iranian poetry Jahre nach dir looks at places and people, at small and large things that get lost before our eyes. Sometimes it's also the things we would like to lose. Sarah Kiyanrad teaches Iranian cultural history in Munich and also works as a translator. When the war ended, peace killed people united in a series of intimate and protestant texts that his readers…
Festivalmotto: "Die Kraft der Literatur"
Wed. Nov. 25, 7:00 p.m. Reading Symphonie der Toten by Abbas Maroufi Translated from the Persian by Anneliese Ghahraman-Beck While Aidin reacts to his father's strictness with rebellion, his brother Urhan shows himself to be docile. Although the two completely different sons soon go their separate ways, the family bond brings them together again under dramatic circumstances. As soon as they are both back in their parents' house, the tensions between Aidin and Urhan increase. Tradition and progress as well as a tender love story are the central themes of Abbas Maroufis…
Fri. Nov. 27, 7:00 p.m. Reading One week, one life by Nassir Djafari Shortly after his 18th birthday, Timm locks himself in his room. His father Hamid tries everything to get him out, but all efforts are in vain. A joint trip to Peru is intended to bring father and son closer together. But on Timm's 19th birthday of all things, Hamid leaves the hotel in the Andean city of Cusco in the morning and disappears. ”Nassir Djafari tells his story with sober warmth, it sounds paradoxical, but that's exactly how it works. and…
Wed. Dec. 02, 7:00 pm Inge Buck and Kurt Scharf in conversation about Iranian poetry and the art of translation, with musical accompaniment by Elshan Ghasimi Kurt Scharf presents in this new publication entitled Anthology of Modern Iranian Poetry. A selection of the most beautiful Persian poems of the 20th century, poetry from the years 1941 to 1979, an epoch that he himself describes as the golden age of Persian poetry. The poems are enlivened by Scharf's sensitive translation in a splendor that unites German-speaking readers…
Die Veranstaltung wurde auf einen unbestimmten späteren Termin verschoben. Mitra Gaast ist bei der iranischen Gemeinde zu Gast und spricht mit der Journalistin Susan Zare über das Thema „Wehmut nach Sehnsuchtsorten und nostalgische Erinnerungen“. Sie wird außerdem aus ihrem Roman "Denn du wirst dich erinnern" lesen, der 2017 im Sujet Verlag erschienen ist. In dem Roman reist eine Iranerin, die seit mehreren Jahrzehnten in Deutschland lebt, erstmals wieder in den Iran zurück. ----- Die Veranstaltung findet im Rahmen der Reihe Liter(IR)ania statt. -----…
