Heidelberg Literature Days
The Heidelberger Literaturtage is a literature festival in the UNESCO literary city of Heidelberg that has been taking place since 1994.
Content
The festival offers a variety of literary approaches and formats. In addition to readings by German-speaking and international authors, there are author talks, performative formats, exhibitions, music events and workshops . Publishers , bookshops and libraries present authors and new publications. The event takes place in an event tent with original Art Nouveau furnishings ("Danspleis Anno 1908").
history
The Heidelberger Literaturtage is a five-day literature festival that has existed in Heidelberg since 1994 . Readings by international writers take place, as well as discussions with authors and musical performances. Publishers , bookshops and libraries present authors and new publications.
In recent years, authors such as Jakob Arjouni , Monica Bleibtreu , Zehra Cirak , Thea Dorn , John von Düffel , Péter Esterházy , Lars Gustafsson , Sten Nadolny , Jorge Semprún , Ilija Trojanow , Urs Widmer and Juli Zeh have been involved .
The Literature Days are organized by the Heidelberg Literature Days Working Group, which brings together the German-American Institute Heidelberg , the Bureau de la Coopération Universitäre, the Montpellier House, the Cultural Office of the City of Heidelberg and the Heidelberg City Library .
In May 2019, the Heidelberg Literature Days celebrated their 25th anniversary.
Contributing authors
The authors of the previous literary days from 1994:
A-F
- A: Leila Abouzeid, Laure Adler , Najet Adouani , Salim Alafenisch , Elisabeth Alexander , Jakob Arjouni , Jan Assmann , Hans Arnfried Astel, Martin Auer , Uli Aumüller , Uri Avnery , Susanne Ayoub ;
- B: Lothar Baier , Zsuzsa Bánk , Maria Barbal , Azouz Begag , Stefan Beuse , Marcel Beyer , Peter Bichsel , Josef Bierbichler , Monica Bleibtreu , Regina Bode, Marica Bodrožić , Katharina Born , Edith Börner, Helmut Böttiger , Rachid Boudjedrah, Michael Braun, Jan Peter Bremer , Thomas Brezina, Thomas Brussig , Michael Buselmeier , Robert Olen Butler ;
- C: Zehra Cirak , Philippe Claudels, Barbara Conrad, Cathérine Camus, Alex Capus , Inger Christensen , Susannah Clapp, Albert Cossery , Sylvie Crossman;
- D: Marie Darrieussecq , Guy Delisle , Christian Delorme, Régine Detambel, Dorothea Dieckmann , Dimitré Dinev , Liane Dirks , Irene Dische , Assia Djebar , Philippe Djian , Christina Dom, Hilde Domin , Thea Dorn , Serge Doubrovsky , Claus Helmut Drese , François Dufay , John von Düffel , Jessica Durlacher , Ralph Dutli ;
- E: Hella Eckert , Jennifer Egan , Oswald Egger , Dorothee Elmiger , Péter Esterházy ;
- F: Michael Farin , David Foenkinos , Walter Helmut Fritz , Sigrid Früh, Roland Funke;
G-L
- G: Ines Geipel , Wilhelm Genazino , Thomas Glavinic , Édouard Glissant , Erhard Göttlicher , Franz Greno , Martin Grzimek , Lars Gustafsson ;
- H: Helon Habila , Maja Haderlap , Gisbert Haefs , Peter Hamm , Freddy Hansmann, Nino Haramicwili , Ludwig Harig , Harald Hartung , Josef Haslinger , Omar Hayat, Helle Helle , AFTh. van der Heijden , Finn-Ole Heinrich , Hallgrímur Helgason , Katja Henkel, Valentin Herzog , Wolfgang Hilbig , Otmar Hitzelberger, Patrick Hofmann, Wolfgang Hohlbein , Barbara Honigmann , Wolfgang Hörner, Paweł Huelle , Christopher Hunt ;
- I: Marcus Ingendaay , Nikolai Ivanov
- J: Inge Jadi, Marielouise Janssen-Jurreit, Zoë Jenny , Alejandro Jodorowsky , Jean Joubert;
- K: Wolfram Kastner , Leuw von Katzenstein, Sabine Kebir , Gilles Kepel , Joachim Kersten , Florian Kessler , Georg Klein , Alexander Kluge , Martin Kluger , Thomas Klupp , Steffen Kopetzky , Harriet Kracht, Peter J. Kraus, Lisa Kränzler , Ursula Krechel , Judith Kuckart , Peter Kurzck , Svealena Kutschke ;
- L: Claude Lanzmann , Katja Lange-Müller , Tanja Langer , Rolf Lappert , Patrick Wald Lasowski, Camille Laurens , Benjamin Lebert , Christoph Leisten , Hermann Lenz , Pedro Lenz , Rémy Leveau, Jean Lica, Andrea Liebers, Johann Lippet , Jürgen Lodemann , Sigrid Löffler , Dea Loher , Gila Lustiger ;
M-S
- M: Marcel Maas , Kristof Magnusson , Claudio Magris , Manfred Mai , Andres Maier, Jagoda Marinic , Leïla Marouane, Olga Marytnova, Lebogang Mashile , Dorota Masłowska , Abdelwahab Meddeb, Hind Meddeb, Thomas Meinecke , Albert Memmi , Eva Menasse , Pascal Mercier , Marianne Meyer-Krahmer , Malika Mokeddem, Margriet de Moor , Ángeles Mora (2017), Mary Morris , Alfred Muschg, Meja Mwangi ;
- N: Sten Nadolny , Kati Naumann, Gloria Naylor, Ibrahima Ndiaye, Eckhart Nickel , Maja Nielsen , Paul Nizon, Marie-Laure de Noray-Dardenne;
- O: Rachid O., Markus Orths , Karl-Heinz Ott ;
- P: Martin Page, Connie Palmen , Inka Parei , Kathrin Passig , Edgar Päßler, Susanne Pásztor, Daniel Pennac , Walter Pohl , Harry Pross , Sigurd Pruetz, Jordi Punti;
- D: Tillmann Rammstedt, Bernd Rauschenbach , Susanne Rebscher, Jan Philipp Reemtsma , Françoise Renaud, Jutta Richter , Manuel Rivas , Verena Rossbacher , Patrick Roth , Wolfgang Rothe, Ralf Rothmann , Marie Rouanet, Jean Rouaud, Ulrich Rüdenauer , Doris Ruhe;
- S: Shan Sa , Boualem Sansal , Matthias Schenk, Marie-Luise Scherer , Silke Scheuermann , Jochen Schimmang , Bernhard Schlink , Elke Schmitter , Karla Schneider , Britta Schröder, Raoul Schrott , Alice Schwarzer , WG Sebald , Jorge Semprún , Zeruya Shalev , Steinunn Sigurdardóttir , Fredrik Sjöberg , Hamid Skif, Stefan Slupetzky , Spaceman Spiff, Arnold Stadler , Peter Staengle , Peter Stamm , Andrzej Stasiuk , Johano Strasser ;
T-Z
- T: Raja Tazi, Habib Tengour, Klaus Theweleit , Beate Thill, Hans Thill , Utz Thorweihe, Jean-Philippe Toussaint , Bella Triste, Ilija Trojanow , Galsan Tschinag ;
- U: Ingrid Uebe , Steven Uhly , Urszula Usakowska-Wolff;
- V: Birgit Vanderbeke , Jean-Pierre Verheggen;
- W: Elke Werry, Cécile Wajsbrot , Anne Weber , Eva Weiss, Rainer Weiss , Carl Weissner , Erwin Wickert , Urs Widmer , Hubert Winkels , Josef Winkler , Leon de Winter , Joëlle Wintrebert, Claudia Wolff, Wolf Wondratschek ;
- Z: Sigrid Zeevaert , Juli Zeh , Eva Zeller , Kathrin Zimmermann , Vera Zingsem , Hanns Zischler , Willi Zurbrüggen ;
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Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 39 " N , 8 ° 42 ′ 23" E