International Literature Festival Berlin

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Reading stage during the International Literature Festival in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Logo of the ilb

The International Literature Festival Berlin (spelling: international literature festival berlin or ilb for short ) is a literature festival that takes place in Berlin in September . Since its founding in 2001, the festival has presented the literary diversity of contemporary poetry, prose, nonfiction, graphic novels as well as children's and youth literature from all over the world. Renowned authors appear at the ilb alongside new international discoveries in a diverse and political program. The founder and director of the festival is Ulrich Schreiber , and the festival sponsor is the Peter Weiss Foundation for Art and Politics. V. The 20th ilb will take place from September 9th to 19th, 2020.

A declared aim of the international literature festival berlin is u. a. the networking of writers worldwide and the associated realization of international (literary) projects.

program

The program is divided into several sections: Literatures of the World, Children's and Youth Literature , Reflections, Science and the Humanities / Specials and Remembrance, in other words. A Graphic Novel Day and the "New German Voices" series take place annually as part of the festival. Since 2001, authors of the ilb have appeared in the series "Literature Behind Bars" in Berlin prisons. Since 2005 there has been cooperation with the Science Year of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research . The ilb has been cooperating with the Temporal Communities Cluster of Excellence since 2019. Doing Literature in a Global Perspective from the Free University of Berlin .

The ilb is opened every year with a festive evening event. The opening speakers were Petina Gappah (2019), Eva Menasse (2018), Elif Shafak (2017), César Aira (2016), Javier Marias (2015), Pankaj Mishra (2014), Taiye Selasi (2013), Liao Yiwu (2012 ), Tahar Ben Jelloun (2011), Juan Goytisolo (2010), Arundhati Roy (2009), Nancy Huston (2008), David Grossman (2007), Édouard Glissant (2006), Carlos Fuentes (2005), Antjie Krog (2004) , Shashi Tharoor (2003), Dževad Karahasan (2002), Charles Simic (2001).

Guests

Since 2001, over 2500 authors from over 120 countries have taken part in the international literature festival berlin, including Nobel Prize winners Swetlana Alexijewitsch , JM Coetzee , Nadine Gordimer , Günter Grass , Doris Lessing , Herta Müller , Orhan Pamuk , Wole Soyinka , and Mario Vargas Llosa , Gao Xingjian and Charles Simic , Han Kang , Juli Zeh , Rebecca Solnit , Monica Ali , Samantha Schweblin , Carla Guelfenbein , Yasmina Reza , Mona Eltahawy , Hanan al-Shaykh , Marie NDiaye , Dacia Maraini , Ljudmila Ulitzkaya , Bernice Chauly, Laksmiuntiak and Antonio Tabucchi .

advancement

The main sponsor of the international literature festival berlin is the Hauptstadtkulturfonds . Other sponsors are the Federal Foreign Office , the Heinrich Böll Foundation , Foundation Jan Michalski as well as embassies, cultural institutes and publishers.

Publications

Festival catalog

The catalog published annually for the festival is a continuous lexicon of contemporary world literature. It contains photos, biographies in German and English, bibliographies and texts by the participating authors. The catalog is published by Vorwerk 8.

Berlin anthology

The Berlin anthology contains texts and poems from all over the world, selected by guests of the international literature festival berlin.

  • The Poetry Project , 2016
  • Where I will not return from , 2015, edited by Christine Pütz, Anna Senft and Ulrich Schreiber , Verlag Vorwerk 8
  • A literary rescue package for Europe , 2013, published by Thomas Böhm , Robert Geselle and Ulrich Schreiber , Verlag Vorwerk 8
  • the earth enlightened desire , 2012, edited by Ajda Omrani and Ulrich Schreiber, Vorwerk 8 publishing house
  • When the night is beautiful for no reason , published by Ajda Omrani, Gregor Pohl and Ulrich Schreiber , Verlag Vorwerk 8 in 2009
  • All watches other times , 2007, published by Beatrice Faßbender and Ulrich Schreiber, with a foreword by Bora Cosic , Verlag Vorwerk 8
  • The souvenir, the pictures of the earth , 2006, edited by Beatrice Faßbender and Ulrich Schreiber, with a foreword by Édouard Glissant , Verlag Vorwerk 8
  • From a remote country , 2005, edited by Beatrice Faßbender and Ulrich Schreiber, with a foreword by Ilma Rakusa , Alexander Verlag Berlin
  • Earthly life, blue haze , 2004, edited by Beatrice Faßbender and Ulrich Schreiber, with a foreword by Michael Krüger , Alexander Verlag Berlin
  • The memory of words , 2003, edited by Beatrice Faßbender and Ulrich Schreiber, with a lexicon article by Hans Magnus Enzensberger , Alexander Verlag Berlin
  • At the gates of an unknown city , 2002, edited by Beatrice Fassbender and Ulrich Schreiber, with a foreword by Lars Gustaffson , Alexander Verlag Berlin
  • The world above the water level , 2001, introduced by Joachim Sartorius , Alexander Verlag Berlin

Refugees Worldwide

“Refugees Worldwide” would like to collect and convey experiences, impressions and information about different refugee situations in a European and non-European context. The project advocates a change of perspective in the public discourse on migration, from a euro-centered to a global perspective. Against this background, authors * write literary (travel) reports on the refugee situation in regions that are particularly virulent for this topic. In August 2017, the first reports were published as an anthology by Verlag Klaus Wagenbach and shortly afterwards in English translation by Ragpicker Press. In 2019 "Refugees Worldwide 2" was published by Klaus Wagenbach. The third volume is planned for 2021.

Scritture Giovani

  • Much Ado About Nothing , 2016, with texts by Ilaria Gasipari, Rebecca F. John, Nina Polak and Mercedes Lauenstein
  • Home , 2015, with texts by Llŷr G. Lewis, Marco Parlato, Elske Rahill and Valerie Fritsch
  • Sarajevo , 2014, with texts by Florian Kessler, Jemma L. King and Luca Giordano
  • Jerusalem , 2013, with texts by Laura Fidaleo, Maarten Inghels, Meirion Jordan and Felix Stephan
  • Why? , 2012, with texts by Andrea Lundgren , Antonio Baum, Eurig Salisbury and Francesca Scotti
  • Names , 2011, with texts by Susanne Heinrich, Anna Lewis, Paolo Piccirillo and Kallia Papadaki
  • Sea , 2010, with texts by Dora Albanese, Catrin Dafydd, Clemens Setz and Ştefania Mihalache
  • 4.00 am , 2009, with texts by Paul Brodowsky, Gabriele Dadati, Owen Martell and Céline Robinet
  • Sunshine , 2008, with texts by Cynan Jones, Giovanni Montanaro, Thomas von Steinaecker and Seray Şahiner
  • Unrest , 2007, with texts by Eirik Ingebrigtsen, Caryl Lewis, Thorsten Palzhoff, Chiara Valerio, David Machado
  • Casablanca , 2006, with texts by Cristiano Cavina, Kirsten Fuchs, Gaute Heivoll, Aneirin Karadog and Ana Prieto Nadal
  • Elsewhere , 2005, with texts by Marco Archetti, Fflur Davfydd, Gunnhild Øyehaug, Antje Rávic Strubel and Daniel Odija
  • Monster , 2004, with texts by Ingeborg Arvola, Valeria Parella, Owen Sheers and Gernot Wolfram
  • Borders , 2003, with texts by Bjarte Breiteig, Richard John Evans, Angharad Price, Tilmann Rammstedt and Flavio Soriga
  • Things are changing , 2002, with texts by Rajeev Balasubramanyam, Davide Longo, Marco Mancassola, Ingo Niermann, Silke Scheuermann and Rachel Trezise

places

The international literature festival berlin takes place at different locations in Berlin. The main venue in recent years has been the Haus der Berliner Festspiele since 2005 .

circle of friends

The association “Friends and sponsors of the international literature festival berlin e. V. “was founded in 1999. Since then, its members have been actively involved in supporting and developing the festival. The association supports the following ilb projects: berlin reads, literature behind bars, worldwide readings . In addition, the association enables young authors to participate in the ilb.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "A small global village" . In: DeutschlandRadio Kultur . September 9, 2009 ( online [accessed March 7, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Our partners . literaturfestival.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  3. ^ The Poetry Project. Retrieved March 8, 2017 .