Nadia Heinsohn, born in Berlin, production manager of the 23rd international literature festival berlin. She studied German Philology, Theater Studies and Latin American Studies at the FU Berlin, as well as Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Practice at the University of Hildesheim with a focus on theater, literature and media studies.

During and after her studies she worked in in various projects of the free theater and performance scene, among others as production manager of the interdisciplinary string ensemble Quartett Plus 1 and within the management team of the European theater and performance Performance Festival transeuropa.

From 2013-15 she was part of the curatorial team of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. Subsequently she worked in the areas of production, curation and press at the Nordenhake Gallery until 2023 at Galerie Nordenhake.

Lavinia Frey, born in Hamburg in 1969, studied history, theater studies, philosophy, and dance in Zurich, Bern and London.
Since 2023, she is the director of the international literature festival berlin.

After her studies, she worked as a director, choreographer and dramaturg at the Schauspielhaus Zurich, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, Staatstheater Schwerin, and Stadttheater Hildesheim, among others. In 2007, she became a co-founder and managing director of the cultural and concept agency Graf & Frey. As such she designed and implemented cultural events, festivals and symposia at the interface of politics, business, and science. In 2016, Lavinia Frey was appointed Board Member for Culture at the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss and as Managing Director of Humboldt Forum Kultur GmbH. From 2018-2023, she led the Programs and Projects Department at the Stiftung Humboldt Forum as Managing Director, and was thus responsible for the international temporary exhibition program, artistic events, “History of the site”, and individual projects that she curated herself. From 2017-2023, she was also a co-project leader in the national collaborative project “museum4punkt0. Digital Strategies for the Museum of the Future”. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Akademie Deutscher Sachbuchpreis Lavinia Frey is also engaged in organizational development and is certified with the Neuwaldegg Curriculum for Systemic Organizational Development.