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?…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Maryam Djahani; Translation Isabel Stümpel Unchecked by Kermanshah Audio book presentation and conversation with Petra-Janina Schultz and Madjid Mohit Shohre is in her early thirties and lives as a taxi driver in Kermanshah, Iran. She takes us on her tour of the city and lets us experience through her eyes all the fun, crazy and painful encounters that make up the life of a divorced working woman in Iran. Maryam Djahani's novel is ironic and at the same time sensitively told, her tone is never sentimental or pitying. The novel is one…

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In einer digital ausgestrahlten Veranstaltung liest der Kölner Schriftsteller Doğan Akhanlı aus seinem Werk "Madonnas letzter Traum". Die Texte werden von dem Autor Gerrit Wustmann rezitiert, der auch das Gespräch mit Akhanlı führt. Die Lesung können Sie am 31. Januar 2021 ab 18.00 Uhr auf der Facebook-Seite von KulturForum TürkeiDeutschland als Video-Premiere verfolgen. Die Lesung können Sie sich aber auch auf https://vimeo.com/500629581 oder dem YouTube-Kanal des KulturForums anschauen. Die Beiträge in deutscher und türkischer Sprache werden jeweils durch Untertitelung übersetzt. Die Lesung ist…

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