German Book Premiere as part of the international literature festival berlin For the first time and in impressive detail, Salman Rushdie recounts the traumatic events of the assassination attempt on August 12, 2022, in his memoir »Knife. Meditations After an Attempted Murder«. The result is a captivating account that reflects
Dear audience of the international literature festival berlin, Starting in 2024, the international literature festival berlin will collaborate with a Curator in Residence. He or she will be responsible for events and invitations and will work together with the festival director and the team to develop a guiding theme for
Dear audience of the international literature festival berlin, In 2023, we were able to welcome a valued colleague who enriched our team with his literary expertise and perspectives: Taqi Akhlaqi was awarded the 2023 Senate Fellowship Program »Weltoffenes Berlin«. The program supports artist who need or wish to leave their
The results of this year’s IGLU and Pisa studies attest to a disastrous state of literacy promotion in Germany. This has prompted the international literature festival berlin (ilb) to implement a qualitative and quantitative overhaul of its workshop program for school classes in the coming year. At the 24th ilb,
Dear audience of the international literature festival berlin, On the evening of November 14, many of you have joined us for the last event of the 23rd international literature festival berlin. On the sold-out Main Stage at the Berliner Festspiele, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie presented his essay »3 – Ein Leben
We are horrified by this terrible crime and the cruelty of the perpetrators. Our hearts and thoughts are with all those affected by the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, and with all those who have family and friends in the region.At the same time, we are ashamed that the murder
Experience great literature at the 23rd ilb once more this year We are excited to announce the post-festival event of the 23rd international literature festival berlin. On November 14, 2023, ilb hosts the German book premiere of Geoffroy de Lagasnerie‘s new novel »3 – Ein Leben außerhalb« (3 – A
We extend our congratulations to this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse. He was awarded the prize »for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable«, according to the jury. The author was a guest at the ilb in
We mourn the sudden death of Khaled Khalifa who passed away on Saturday. The author is regarded as one of the most influential and most important voices of Syria and the Syrian community worldwide. His books were not allowed to be published in Syria. Some of them were translated into
On September 16, 2023, the Berlin Literature Festival concluded with a focus on cross-media literary formats. In addition to a book talk featuring Adam Thirlwell, the Graphic Novel Day provided visitors with a fantastic opportunity to dive into the fascinating world of visual storytelling and experience the unique combination of
On September 15, the second-to-last day of the festival, the ilb once again welcomed big literary names and addressed socially relevant issues. Feminist issues in particular found their way onto the ilb stages that day at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. Jadwiga Kamola and Tayo Awosusi-Onutor discussed the history of
Well-known figures of world literature meet new stars: On September 13, we had the pleasure of celebrating two literary highlights at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. With Jeffrey Eugenides and Moshtari Hilal, we welcomed two important voices from different generations. Reading meets Performance – Book Premiere of Moshtari Hilal’s »Ugliness«
