Ernst Paul Dörfler, born in 1950 in Kemberg near Lutherstadt Wittenberg, holds a doctorate in ecochemistry. His book »Back to Nature?« (1986) became a cult book of the East German environmental movement. He has been awarded numerous prizes, including the EURONATUR Prize of the European Natural Heritage Foundation. In 2019,
Miriam Rürup is director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish Studies. Before assuming this post, she was director of the Institute for the History of German Jews in Hamburg from 2012 to 2020. Prior to that, she worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute
born 1982 in Frankfurt am Main. Studies in German Literature, American Studies and History in Berlin, as well as Literary Writing in Leipzig. Writes stage plays, radio plays and fiction. Translations of stage plays, literary essays and poetry by, among others, Caryl Churchill, Wayne Koestenbaum, Pamela Carter und Rosmarie Waldrop.
Als in der von Besatzern okkupierten Stadt Vasenka ein tauber Junge auf offener Straße von einem Soldaten erschossen wird, leisten die Bewohner:innen Widerstand, indem sie sich nur noch in Gebärdensprache verständigen. An den Toren der Soldatenbaracken steht in Kreide: »NIEMAND KANN EUCH HÖREN«. In Ilya Kaminskys 2020 mit dem Literaturpreis
Creative writing and performance workshop / Meeting with Kristina Sigunsdotter Neele has chicken pox. Back at school, her best friend Nour wants nothing to do with her and hangs out with the horse girls instead. Now she needs the support of her aunt Fanny, an artist. But Fanny is currently
Talks & readings, hands-on activities, culinary catering At the 20th FamilienFest International, the authors and illustrators Laura Carlin, Hassan Zahreddine, Paula Carballeira und Sabine Rufener will present their latest picture books and as premieres. In addition, the event will include a vibrant program – and snacks will also be provided.
Poster workshop / Meeting with Hassan Zahreddine Zin, who lives in Lebanon, can neither read nor write. Despite being a child, he has to work in a print shop, where the master inspires Zin’s enthusiasm for printing and thus also teaches him to read and write. One day Zin receives
Talk, reading with picture book screening, live illustration, Q&A Zin, who lives in Lebanon, can neither read nor write. Despite being a child, he has to work in a print shop, where the master inspires Zin’s enthusiasm for printing and thus also teaches him to read and write. One day
Talk, reading, Q&A Zin, who lives in Lebanon, can neither read nor write. Despite being a child, he has to work in a print shop, where the master inspires Zin’s enthusiasm for printing and thus also teaches him to read and write. One day Zin receives an order to print
Talk Zin, who lives in Lebanon, can neither read nor write. Despite being a child, he has to work in a print shop, where the master inspires Zin’s enthusiasm for printing and thus also teaches him to read and write. One day Zin receives an order to print pamphlets, which
Printing workshop / Meeting with Hassan Zahreddine Zin, who lives in Lebanon, can neither read nor write. Despite being a child, he has to work in a print shop, where the master inspires Zin’s enthusiasm for printing and thus also teaches him to read and write. One day Zin receives
Workshop talk, Q&A A boy finds an analog camera on the beach that has been drifting on the world’s oceans for decades. The photos he has developed show a fantastic marine world full of highly intelligent, sophisticated creatures. Looking more closely at the last photo, he knows exactly what he
