born in Leipzig in 1979, studied History, German Studies and German, and completed his doctoral degree with a thesis on historical images of the Middle Ages in children’s and teen literature. He researches on children’s and teen literature of the past and present.
Sarah Crossan was born 1981 in Dublin and grew up in Ireland and England. She graduated with a degree in philosophy and literature from the University of Warwick in 1999, and trained as an English and Drama teacher at Cambridge University. Crossan subsequently taught at a small private school near
Salman Rushdie is the author of twelve novels, »Grimus«, »Midnight’s Children« (which won the Booker Prize in 1981), »Shame«, »The Satanic Verses«, »Haroun and the Sea of Stories«, »The Moor’s Last Sigh«, »The Ground Beneath Her Feet«, »Fury«, »Shalimar the Clown«, »The Enchantress of Florence«, »Luka and the Fire
born in Crivitz in 1976, studied German, Sciences for the primary level and Mathematics and researches on child sponsoring, children’s literature in primary-school science lessons and children’s experience of space. Furthermore, she worked as a teacher until 2009 and volunteers in work with girls.
studied German literature, art history, and literature studies and earned her doctorate from the Universität Siegen. Her research focuses on children’s and young adult literature, art history, and film studies. This is Planka’s second appearance as a guest at the ilb, where she will speak on the topic »›Wir ist
The poet, writer and women’s rights activist Sadaf Saaz (Siddiqi) was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1968 and spent her childhood in Great Britain. When she was 16 years old, she moved with her parents to their native country of Bangladesh. At that point, Saaz had little command of
Ryszard Krynicki was born in Sankt Valentin (Wimberg Camp), Lower Austria, in 1943, where his Polish parents had been deported to a forced labor camp. After graduating in Polish studies from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, he worked as a librarian and editor of the magazine »Student«, which he had
Robert Menasse was born in Vienna in 1954. His Jewish father was one of the last child refugees evacuated to England in 1938, and returned to Vienna after the war. Menasse studied German, philosophy and political science in Vienna, Salzburg and Messina and completed his doctorate in 1980 with a
born in 1948, the son of Heinrich Böll is an artist, co-founder of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and executor of his father’s estate. From 1967 Böll studied printing and painting in Cologne and Vienna. In 1975 he became the managing director of Lamuv Verlag, which he co-founded, and has also
born in 1987, is a freelance journalist, who gained acclaim for his web video productions. He regularly posts webisodes of »Armes Deutschland« on Facebook, Twitter und YouTube. He produced a documentary »Verschwörungstheorien – Leben im Wahn« with the ZDF. Since 2016, Anders has had his own program with SWR, the
Raoul Schrott was born in 1964. He grew up in Tirol, Tunis, and Zürich, and studied languages and literature in Norwich, Paris, and Berlin. From 1986 until 1987, he was the secretary to Philippe Soupault in Paris. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on »Dada 1921−1922« and in 1998 he earned
Rambharos Jha was born in 1978 in the Darbhanga district of the Mithila region of Bihar state, India. The family moved to Madhubani when his father found work in a state-funded art and culture project focused on reviving local art traditions and offering artists the possibility to earn a living.
