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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Am 14. September um 15:30 Uhr veranstaltet der Frankfurter Künstlerclub eine Lesung im Nebbienschen Gartenhaus. Nassir Djafari wird aus seinem Roman "Der Großcousin" vorlesen. Zusätzlich wird auch ein musikalischer Special-Guest auftreten. Mehr Informationen zu "Der Großcousin" gibt es hier. Mehr Informationen zu Nassir Djafari gibt es hier. Mehr Informationen zur Veranstaltung gibt es hier.