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

Literature House Cologne Great Greek Market 39, Cologne

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. At the Literaturhaus Cologne they present it together with publisher Ralf Liebe and Amir…

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Lesung Pedro Kadivar

Bookseller's cellar Carmerstraße 1, Charlottenburg, Berlin

Der Startschuss für unser diesjähriges Lesungs-Programm fällt am ersten Februar, im Buchhändlerkeller, Berlin-Charlottenburg: Pedro Kadivar liest aus seinem Buch "Unendlich ist die Nacht", einer tiefgründigen Geschichte über die komplexe Beziehung zweier Flüchtlinge. Es moderiert Gernot Krämer.

Reading “99 Scattered Pearls” with Halim Youssef

StadtPalais - Museum for Stuttgart Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse 2, Stuttgart

Book presentation 99 scattered pearls with Halim Youssef, moderation Faisal Osman and Avra ​​Emin Friday February 23rd, 2024 at 6:30 p.m., StadtPalais - Museum für Stuttgart This event is organized by the Kurdish Community of Stuttgart in cooperation with Black Community Foundation Stuttgart and StadtPalais-Museum für Stuttgart presents. Invisible voices from the diaspora: Two authors will present their literary works in a reading on February 23, 2024, which deal intensively with their lives in the diaspora. It is Halim Youssef with his work “99 Scattered Pearls”…

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LitQ Events – Dogan Akhanli

Villa Ichon Goetheplatz 4, Bremen

Villa Ichon, Bremen Dogan Akhanli (* Turkey 1957 - + 2021 Berlin) When Dogan Akhanli tells the story, times are becoming engulfed and borders are becoming permeable. Inge Buck and Cornelius Kopf-Finke & Company Mit siebzehn Jahren wurde Dogan Akhanli das erste Mal wegen des Kaufs einer linksgeríchteten Zeitschrift in der Türkei verhaftet. Das war der Anfang einer lebenslangen staatlichen Verfolgung. Zuletzt wurde er - inzwischen deutscher Staatsbürger - 2017 in Granada seiner Freiheit beraubt. Er schrieb darüber das beeindruckend literarisch-dokumentarische Buch "Verhaftung in Granada“.…

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taz Salon: City of Literature Bremen – What’s that supposed to mean?

Cultural Center Lagerhaus Bremen e.V. - Culture, Ecology, Migration Schildstrasse 12-19, Bremen, Bremen

This event is presented by the taz at the Kulturzentrum Lagerhaus Bremen e.V. - Culture, Ecology, Migration. City of Literature Bremen: UNESCO has declared Bremen as the 53rd city in the world as a City of Literature. A great success, especially for a city without an outstanding literary heritage - in which almost one in ten adults is considered functionally illiterate. But: What does Bremen do with it? What follows from the title? Because, even though UNESCO has been awarding it for 20 years, its effect is almost unexplored. And the previous ones…

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Book presentation 99 scattered pearls with Halim Youssef

IGBS | Indimaj. Society for Education & Social Stair Street 12-14, Kassel

Saturday March 2nd, 2024 in Kassel IGBS | Indimaj. Society for Education & Social Organizer: I.GBS Address: Brückenstraße 12-14, 34117 Kassel

Author reading: Salem Khalfani reads from “Flying Cats”

Deer meeting place for older people Hirschgasse 9, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg

In “Flying Cats” Salem Khalfani reports on a six-story building in a German city. The characters are closely intertwined despite their coincidental connections. A missing cat takes center stage. After the reading by the Wiesbaden author of Iranian origin, there is time for conversation over snacks and tea. Salem Khalfani was born in Iran in 1963 and has lived in Germany since 1985. After studying literature at the University of Mainz, he published a study in 2003 on the “similarities of the absurd” in European literature. Furthermore…

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Exhibition opening: Akbar Keshvari – Art of Protest – Resistance in Color

Sujet Verlag Bornstraße 18, Bremen, Bremen

12 selected images by the Iranian artist for this exhibition speak about different topics, such as violence against women, the power of religion, torture, conflict or coming together between West and East, realism or Islamism and the face of freedom. Most of the surrealist images in this exhibition are in large formats and worked on oil and acrylic. Keshvari has been living in Germany since 1991 as a politically persecuted artist and has dealt with the themes of freedom, independence and identity in his works from the beginning. His paintings are…

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Author reading: Gerrit Wustmann reads from “Nothing about it is funny”

Tee de Cologne Landmannstraße 30, Cologne (Neuehrenfeld)

A widower receives a visit from his dead previous tenant. A hypochondriac finds a cure for eternal health - but there's a nasty catch. A little girl has a new imaginary friend... with murderous intentions. An official wants to check whether a person exists - and has forms with fatal consequences in his luggage. A man hears a mysterious knocking sound over and over again, slowly driving him crazy. And a homicide detective gets lost in the middle of a terribly bad crime script. In the…

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Cultural breakfast in March:

Melanchton Academy - House of the Protestant Church Kartäusergasse 9, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

Lesung und Gespräch: "Ich bin kein Ausländer, ich heiße nur so" Moderation: Margit Hähner Wenn ein deutscher Muttersprachler einen arabischen Namen trägt, dann wirft das im Alltag berechtigte Fragen auf. Wenn jemand wie Amir Shaheen dann auch noch Schriftsteller ist und Bücher veröffentlicht, na, dann liegt es doch nahe, wissen zu wollen, ob seine Texte übersetzt werden – ins Deutsche!

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