{"id":88709,"date":"2025-06-12T09:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/authors\/irene-langemann\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T08:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:45:49","slug":"irene-langemann","status":"publish","type":"authors","link":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/","title":{"rendered":"Irene Langemann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">born in 1959 in Isilkul near Omsk, USSR, Irene Langemann is a documentary filmmaker and author. At the age of 17, she moved to Moscow to study acting and German studies. She then worked as a writer, actress, and presenter. In 1990, Langemann emigrated to Germany and initially worked as an editor for Deutsche Welle TV in Cologne before beginning her career as a freelance writer and director for film and television in 1996. In her documentary work, she sees herself as a \u00bbborder crosser between cultures and languages,\u00ab seeking a \u00bbcreative dialogue with the people in front of the camera\u00ab in order to \u00bbtell stories that open up poetic spaces and offer a new perspective on reality.\u00ab Langemann\u2019s films have received numerous international awards, including the Golden Gate Award in San Francisco (2001) and the Audience Jury Prize at the Viennale (2007). Her ARD documentary \u00bbBelarus \u2013 Der kurze Traum von Freiheit\u00ab [engl. \u00bbBelarus \u2013 The Brief Dream of Freedom\u00ab] was nominated for the German Human Rights Film Award in 2022. In 2023, she published her debut novel \u00bbDas Ged\u00e4chtnis der T\u00f6chter\u00ab [engl. \u00bbThe Daughters\u2019 Memory\u00ab], a multigenerational story about six generations of German immigrants in Russia, for which she was awarded the Russian-German Cultural Prize of the State of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg in 2024. She also works as a mentor for media projects of the Council of Europe and regularly teaches for the Deutsche Welle Academy. Irene Langemann lives in Cologne.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last Update: 2025<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":88003,"template":"","jct-role":[1080],"jct-origin":[495,526],"jct-ilb-years":[957],"class_list":["post-88709","authors","type-authors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","jct-role-author","jct-origin-germany","jct-origin-russia","jct-ilb-years-2025-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Irene Langemann &#8211; international literature festival berlin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Irene Langemann &#8211; international literature festival berlin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"born in 1959 in Isilkul near Omsk, USSR, Irene Langemann is a documentary filmmaker and author. At the age of 17, she moved to Moscow to study acting and German studies. She then worked as a writer, actress, and presenter. In 1990, Langemann emigrated to Germany and initially worked as an editor for Deutsche Welle [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"international literature festival berlin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalesliteraturfestivalberlin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T06:45:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Irene-Langemann-\u00a9-Andrzej-Walkusz_web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ilb_\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dorothea Bering\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5c4b74772b21066327a37745c94020e\"},\"headline\":\"Irene Langemann\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-12T07:01:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-24T06:45:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":238,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Irene-Langemann-\u00a9-Andrzej-Walkusz_web.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/\",\"name\":\"Irene Langemann &#8211; international literature festival berlin\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Irene-Langemann-\u00a9-Andrzej-Walkusz_web.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-12T07:01:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-24T06:45:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Irene-Langemann-\u00a9-Andrzej-Walkusz_web.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Irene-Langemann-\u00a9-Andrzej-Walkusz_web.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440,\"caption\":\"Irene Langemann \u00a9 Andrzej Walkusz\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/authors\\\/irene-langemann\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Irene Langemann\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"international literature festival berlin\",\"description\":\"Jetzt Tickets sichern 03\u201312 Sep 2026 Programm 06\u201316 Sep 2026 Junges Programm\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"internationales literaturfestival berlin\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/ilblogo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/ilblogo.svg\",\"width\":227,\"height\":80,\"caption\":\"internationales literaturfestival berlin\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/internationalesliteraturfestivalberlin\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ilb_\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ilb_literaturfestival\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/festivalberlin\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/literaturfestival.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5c4b74772b21066327a37745c94020e\",\"name\":\"Dorothea Bering\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c81094de3daac8f4a24b2744a8b67dab275c584fcf54f0c8f0ccb8bd72ec018e?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c81094de3daac8f4a24b2744a8b67dab275c584fcf54f0c8f0ccb8bd72ec018e?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c81094de3daac8f4a24b2744a8b67dab275c584fcf54f0c8f0ccb8bd72ec018e?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dorothea Bering\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Irene Langemann &#8211; international literature festival berlin","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Irene Langemann &#8211; international literature festival berlin","og_description":"born in 1959 in Isilkul near Omsk, USSR, Irene Langemann is a documentary filmmaker and author. At the age of 17, she moved to Moscow to study acting and German studies. She then worked as a writer, actress, and presenter. In 1990, Langemann emigrated to Germany and initially worked as an editor for Deutsche Welle [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/","og_site_name":"international literature festival berlin","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalesliteraturfestivalberlin","article_modified_time":"2025-07-24T06:45:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Irene-Langemann-\u00a9-Andrzej-Walkusz_web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@ilb_","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/"},"author":{"name":"Dorothea Bering","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f5c4b74772b21066327a37745c94020e"},"headline":"Irene Langemann","datePublished":"2025-06-12T07:01:18+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-24T06:45:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/"},"wordCount":238,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Irene-Langemann-\u00a9-Andrzej-Walkusz_web.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/","url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/","name":"Irene Langemann &#8211; international literature festival berlin","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Irene-Langemann-\u00a9-Andrzej-Walkusz_web.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-12T07:01:18+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-24T06:45:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Irene-Langemann-\u00a9-Andrzej-Walkusz_web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Irene-Langemann-\u00a9-Andrzej-Walkusz_web.jpg","width":2560,"height":1440,"caption":"Irene Langemann \u00a9 Andrzej Walkusz"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/authors\/irene-langemann\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Irene Langemann"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/","name":"international literature festival berlin","description":"Jetzt Tickets sichern 03\u201312 Sep 2026 Programm 06\u201316 Sep 2026 Junges Programm","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#organization","name":"internationales literaturfestival berlin","url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ilblogo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ilblogo.svg","width":227,"height":80,"caption":"internationales literaturfestival berlin"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/internationalesliteraturfestivalberlin","https:\/\/x.com\/ilb_","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ilb_literaturfestival\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/festivalberlin"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f5c4b74772b21066327a37745c94020e","name":"Dorothea Bering","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c81094de3daac8f4a24b2744a8b67dab275c584fcf54f0c8f0ccb8bd72ec018e?s=96&d=retro&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c81094de3daac8f4a24b2744a8b67dab275c584fcf54f0c8f0ccb8bd72ec018e?s=96&d=retro&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c81094de3daac8f4a24b2744a8b67dab275c584fcf54f0c8f0ccb8bd72ec018e?s=96&d=retro&r=g","caption":"Dorothea Bering"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors\/88709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/authors"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors\/88709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88710,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors\/88709\/revisions\/88710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jct-role","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jct-role?post=88709"},{"taxonomy":"jct-origin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jct-origin?post=88709"},{"taxonomy":"jct-ilb-years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/literaturfestival.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jct-ilb-years?post=88709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}