How many languages does Berlin speak? Six international poets living in the city explore the linguistic spaces of very different locations in a series of wandering readings. In three short rounds, each featuring two poets, the audience gets a glimpse into the diversity of Berlin’s poetry scene and can discover how a research center, a bookshop, and the rehearsal stage of the Berliner Festspiele shape their performance. Translations will be available for poems read in languages other than German or English.
In cooperation with the Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL), the bookshop Bookinista, the Berliner Festspiele, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung e.V. and the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program.
With Mátyás Dunajcsik, Juliane Liebert, Dilek Mayatürk, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Awuor Ouma, Carlos Soto Román
Moderated by Anna Vollmer, Anna Eble, Alexander Wells
The event will be held in English with readings in German, English, Turkish and Spanish and with translations in German and English as handouts.
This will be followed by Poetry Night II: Poetry in the Spotlight on the Seitenbühne at Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
A combination ticket for the Poetry Night is available for €18 (reduced rate: €12), which includes admission to both Part I and Part II. Single tickets cost €12 (reduced rate: €8).
