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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A bracelet that glitters in the sun on May 30th at 6 p.m. will occur the poet Schirin Nowrousian and the luteist Marcus Wesche in the text nart area of ​​the Sujet Verlag (Bornstrasse 18, 28195 Bremen). The title of the reading, "A bracelet that glitters in the sun", comes from a poem of the poetry band "Wilna words" by Schirin Nowrousian, who was published in 2022. On May 30th, the author will read from him for the first time in Bremen. In addition, poems from the "glass feud" are read, 2019 in the subject…

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On May 31 at 10 a.m., Alida Bremer and Hartmut Fähndrich will appear as part of the Solothurn Literature Days. In the little hall of the Solothurn youth hostel, the two will have a translation interview in which they tell of their work and their experiences. The event is moderated by Zarina Tadjibaeva. She unites many years of experience in the translation of literary works from the Mediterranean: Bremer translated from the Serbo -Croatian into German, Fähndrich specializes in Arabic literature. As the editor, they made other authors accessible to the reading audience in German.…

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On May 31 at 1 p.m. Hartmut Fähndrich will appear as part of the Solothurn Literary Days. In the little hall of the Solothurn youth hostel, there will be a more detailed insight into him, his work and his life. The event is moderated by Christina Caprez. From 1978 to 2014 the Fähndrich born in Tübingen taught Arabic language and cultural history at ETH Zurich, until 2010 he was editor of the series “Arabic Literature” (Lenos Verlag). His translations from Arabic were awarded multiple awards, around 2016 with the Swiss Special Prize…

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West-Eastern Diwan e.V. “… floating between the worlds…” With Professor Axel Dunker The Orient still appears to many as a mythical world from a thousand and a night, a dream of wisdom, wealth and eroticism. At the same time, however, it is also a projection surface of European fears and object of power fantasies. To date, there is the idea of ​​the Orient as a “other world” in literature, in children's books, films and pictures, filled with exoticly fantastic and partly reproachful ideas and pictures. Orient images also run through the literature of the…

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As part of the regions' festival, an open brunch will take place in Braunau am Inn on June 15th. At the Inn Bridge, which has often been blocked by the police to control the migration in the past, there is the opportunity from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to discuss what wishes and hopes from the "summer of migration" have been implemented and what could be even better. The following day, a joint reading will be found in the Zimt cultural center from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.…

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Details: Presentation and reading of the scholarship holders as part of a panel discussion. Link! Date: July 11, 2025 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Event hall at LCB (Literary Colloquium Berlin) at Sandwerder 5 D-14109 Berlin