Reading and discussion: “Someone understand the Germans”

Sujet Verlag Bornstraße 18, Bremen, Bremen

On Monday, October 14th, the author Taqi Akhlaqi and the translator Jutta Himmelreich will be guests here at Sujet Verlag at 7 p.m. for a reading and a conversation. Taqi Akhlaqi will then read from his latest book “Understand the Germans”. The event takes place in cooperation with the Literaturzentrum Hamburg and the West-Östlichen Diwan E.V.

Berlin coffee house: Pedro Kadivar

Romanesque cafe Tauentzienstraße 9-12, Berlin, Berlin

The Romanisches Café becomes a stage for authors who live and write in Berlin today. The first guest is Pedro Kadivar, born in Iran. His “Little Book of Migrations” was translated from French into German, and he wrote his last novel “Infinite is the Night” in German. The conversation partners are the author and journalist Bernadette Conrad and exhibition curator Michael Bienert. Admission: 8 euros (cash upon entry). A prior reservation is required. Reservation of seats at: https://romanisches-cafe.berlin/event/literatursalon-mit-pedro-kadivar/

8€

Conversation with Atef Abu Saif: Occupied, destroyed, contested, in turmoil: Quo vadis Palestine?

Frankfurt Book Fair - Frankfurt Pavilion Ludwig Erhard Facility 1, Frankfurt

Am Samstag, den 19. Oktober 2024, um 17 Uhr findet im Frankfurter Pavillon an der Frankfurter Buchmesse ein Gespräch mit Atef Abu Saif und der Moderatorin Kristin Helberg Im Winter diesen Jahres wird sein Roman "Leben in der Schwebe" bei uns im Verlag herauskommen! Hier zum Buch Über den Autor Hier für mehr Infos

reading & Conversation “Do Somebody Understand the Germans”

Café Mutz Alt Niederursel 27, Frankfurt am Main

On Saturday, October 19th, the author Taqi Akhlaqi and the translator Jutta Himmelreich will be guests at Café Mutz at 7 p.m. for a reading and a conversation. Taqi Akhlaqi will then read from his latest book “Understand the Germans”. Here is the Café Mutz website: http://www.cafemutz.de/

Kurdish authors

Pankow City Library Aula Prenzlauer Allee 227, Berlin, Berlin

  On October 21st at 6:30 p.m. there will be a very interesting lecture in the Pantow City Library, which was organized by the Amnesty International HU University Group, the Charité Berlin and the City Library. The Kurdish writer Yildiz Çakar, the writer Yavuz Ekinci, who was born in the Kurdish east of Turkey, the Kurdish-Syrian poet and writer Widad Nabi and the Kurdish author Meral Şimşek are invited. Invited to moderate the evening scientifically is Dr. Alice von Bieberstein. To find out more about the event, please visit…

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Free

Production of “Madonna’s Last Dream”

Theater in the tower Aachener Strasse 24-26, Cologne

Madonna's Last Dream By Doğan Akhanlı The Turkish writer Doğan Akhanlı does not want to believe that the protagonist of the national novel The Madonna in the Fur Coat died of natural causes in Berlin in 1938. His investigations reveal a historical panorama of guilt and responsibility, ranging from emigrant life in pre-war Berlin to the sinking of the refugee ship Struma off the Turkish coast in 1942 to the current culture of remembrance of the Holocaust. This is how voices appear that were never heard before. A fantastic journey through time…

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10€ – 48€

Three days for Said

Poetry Cabinet Foundation Amalienstrasse 83a, Munich

The Lyrik Cabinet in Munich is organizing readings, discussions and lectures for the poet Said from November 7th to 9th with the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. In addition to many interesting lectures, our Ali Abdollahi will also give a reading and a conversation with Yamen Hussein on Thursday, November 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the Lyrik Kabinett Munich. Cornelia Zetzsche will moderate the event and Theresa Seraphin will read the translations. Admission for the evening events is 12/8€

8€ – 12€

Poetry of the world

Convent-Museum Hühnermarkt 17, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia

Poetry of the World Readings Suleman Taufiq, a Damascus-born writer, journalist, translator and editor of Arabic literature, came to Aachen to study philosophy and comparative literature. In 1978 he published his first volume of poetry in German, which was followed by numerous publications. He also became known as an author for broadcasters such as WDR and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. For the vhs Aachen he invites poets to readings and discussions about their literature. These events are free of charge. The Kurdish-Syrian poet Widad Nabi, born in Kobane, lives in Berlin.…

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A shared reading & Conversation with Taqi Akhlaqi & Najat Abed Alsamad

Exile Museum Berlin Fasanenstrasse 24, 10719 Berlin

Am 12. November 2024 um 19 Uhr ist Taqi Akhlaqi bei „Literaturen im Exil“ im Literaturhaus Berlin zu Gast. Da stellt er sein neustes Buch "Versteh einer die Deutschen" vor. Mit ihm im Gespräch sind auch Autor Najat Abed Alsamad und die Redakteurin von Sinn & Form Elisa Primavera-Lévy.

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