Fe Decroupet, born 1999 in Aachen, studies English and German Literature at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Since 2021, they have been working as a student assistant at the Department of English and American Studies at the HU Berlin. In 2022 and 2023, Fe supported the ilb as a festival volunteer.
Toni Andres, born in 2000 in Berlin, studied Classics and Comparative Literature (Master of Arts Honours) at the University of St Andrews and is supporting this year’s ilb as an intern in the Young Program. During his studies, he volunteered at the StAnza International Poetry Festival and gained experiences in
Sina Sontowski, born in Wildeshausen, is a Student Assistant in Communications at the 24th ilb. After several years of working at the Bremen Court with her own department, she graduated in German Literature and Slavic Languages and Literatures with a focus on Russian (B.A.) at Humboldt University of Berlin. She
Helene Zinnecker, born in 2001 in Berlin, is an assistant at the ilb’s Young Program. She studied French and German Language and Literature at the University of Bonn and the Sorbonne Université Paris. Thanks to multiple internships during her studies, she was able to gain experiences in publishing, press relations
Lena Klinkenberg, born in Mönchengladbach in 1995, is a program assistant at the 24th ilb. She studied German Language and Literature, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, and Art History at the University of Bonn. During her studies, she gained experience in PR and events in the book industry. After finishing
Maud Ruget, born in France in 1990, oversees the project »Wortzauber gegen Buchfrust« at the 24th ilb. She studied Business Administration at HEC Paris and obtained a master’s degree in literature at Université Paris Nanterre. From 2016 to 2017, she worked at the book and publishing office of Institut Français
Lucia Muro Schmidt, born in Berlin in 2005, is currently completing an FSJ Culture Volunteer Course at the international literature festival berlin. She has been supporting the ilb program department since September 2023.
Sydney Noemi Stein, born in Dresden in 2000, is a Communications Associate at ilb. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Area Studies Asia/Africa from Humboldt University Berlin and studied Arabic at the University of Malta. After working as a Student Assistant at the Department for Transregional Southeast Asian Studies at
Anouk Krämer, born in Jena in 2002, is studying General and Comparative Literature at Freie Universität Berlin. She already volunteered at the international literature festival berlin from August 2021 to September 2022 as part of an FSJ Kultur. Now she supports the ilb as a Student Program Assistant.
Nora Mengel, born in Berlin, is head of the ilbDIGITAL program and program manager. She holds a PhD in Eastern European History from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität [LMU] Munich, studied Eastern European Studies at LMU Munich and Cultural Studies at Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt [O .], Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Lomonosov State University
Henrike Schmidt, born in Lüneburg in 1994, is deputy head of Young Program, where she is also responsible for school communication and production. She studied Cultural Studies with a focus on literature as well as Business Psychology at Leuphana University Lüneburg and Applied Literary Studies – Contemporary Literature at Freie
Christoph Rieger, born in Potsdam in 1984, has headed the ilb section »International Children’s and Youth Literature« since 2011. He studied theater, film and media studies, sociology and psychology in Frankfurt am Main and Aberystwyth. In 2012, he initiated the annual ilb award »The Extraordinary Book«. From 2014 to 2017,
