24. ilb
Evening program: Sept 05 – 14, 2024
Young program: Sept 09 – 18, 2024

Archives: Team

Charlotte Rauth

Charlotte Rauth, born in Bonn in 1991, is head and co-editor of the publication project Refugees Worldwide 4 in the ilb’s Programme section. She studied German language and literature, cultural studies and business administration at the University of Mannheim (B.A.) and cultural mediation with a focus on literature at the

Nora Rohde

Nora Rohde, born in 1998 in Solothurn (CH), is Student Assistant in Administration, Logistics, and Production at ilb. She studied German Language and Literature, and History at the University of Bern (B.A.) and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Applied Literary Studies and Contemporary Literature at Freie Universität Berlin.

Lucia Muro Schmidt

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

Sydney Noemi Stein, born 2000 in Dresden, holds a bachelor degree in Area Studies Asia/Africa from Humboldt University Berlin and studied Arabic at the University of Malta. After working as a Student Assistant, and living in Malta and Amman, she returned to Berlin to join the international literature festival berlin

Anouk Krämer

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.

Dr. Nora Mengel

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

Henrike Schmidt, born in Lüneburg in 1994, is head of school communication and production in the ilb’s Young Program. 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 Universität Berlin. In Lüneburg,

Christoph Rieger

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,

Tatjana Gridnev

Tatjana Gridnev, born in Russia, studied Cultural Studies and Cultural Management in Berlin. Since 2016, she leads the finance, cooperation and personnel department of the international literature festival berlin, international literature festival odesa as well as for the other projects of the Peter-Weiss-Stiftung für Kunst und Politik e.V.

Dr. Simone Schröder

Simone Schröder, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1986, is the director of the ilb’s evening programme. She studied General and Comparative Literature, Hispanic Studies and Political Science in Mainz. She then lived in London for several years and received her PhD in 2017 from the University of Bath with

Lavinia Frey

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