Light and Thread Two art forms, one language: Han Kang makes her first appearance in Germany since receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature. As part of «Satzwechsel», the new collaboration between the ILB and the Berliner Philharmoniker, she presents her new essay collection «Light and Thread» (Translation: Maya West, e.
Their writing unites stylistic elegance with analytical precision. Where one consistently targets the surface, the other tears apart what we take to be just that: What happens when two of the most innovative voices in contemporary literature meet? Well acquainted with each other’s work, Katie Kitamura and Christian Kracht speak
Body language takes on a whole new meaning, when Tishani Doshi and Natsuko Kono take the stage. The poet joins Butoh dancer Kono to create space for language through movement. Indian poetry meets Japanese avant-garde, the ‹Dance of Darkness.› The body meets the spoken word, a performance unlike any other.
To wrap up the Curator in Residence program, we’ll all turn our faces once more toward the stage as Tishani Doshi, Anthony Joseph, Omar Musa, and Jeet Thayil come together. One after another, with one another, and side by side, they will recite poems, engage in lyrical exchange, create through
For the conclusion of the 26th edition of the International Literature Festival Berlin, we invite you together with the TROPEN Verlag to a spectacular closing party. There will be celebrating and dancing to the greatest hits in the world. From Disco and rock to hip-hop and pop, we’ve got you
He founded a publishing house, shaped the literary magazine «Believer», and wrote the bestseller «The Circle»: Dave Eggers is one of the most influential figures in contemporary American literature. At the ILB, he can be experienced on stage in Berlin with his new novel for the first time. In «Contrapposto»
What does it take to collaborate in life and art? Poet Omar Musa and cellist Mariel Roberts Musa create and perform together, each shaped by the other’s art, both excelling in their respective fields. How does a poet hear music, how does a musician hear poetry? Drawing on memories of
After finishing his studies in Edinburgh, Cal returns to the Isle of Harris. At home, his father John, sheep farmer and Presbyterian lay preacher, awaits him. Cal cannot confide in him what he longs for most. Instead, he seeks the company of Innes, John’s closest friend. But John, too, is
A pub in a suburb of Oslo: here, a group of outsiders spends their days, until a lottery win throws everything into turmoil. In her new novel «Det gode mennesket i Sandvika», Vigdis Hjorth, known for her intense live performances, takes readers to a place literature rarely explores. With the
Survivors of the sea flee to an island and build a new community there, beyond origin and embedded power. For the music theatre piece «Sunville», Fiston Mwanza Mujila wrote the texts and Sofia Jernberg the music. Together they give an exclusive preview before their premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Reading Bella wants to feel less of everything – less worry about her parents, who have just separated, less grief for her late grandmother, and less pain over losing her great love, Dylan. Alcohol seems to help – sometimes in company, but often in secret. As we enter Bella’s emotional
Reading With Book-Cinema and Live-Illustration Uno accompanies his father to the hospital to visit Roffe, his father’s favorite stepfather, who is dying. At first, it’s very boring, since Roffe is always asleep. But then Uno meets Jenka, whose grandmother is staying on the same ward. Before long, the palliative care
