Literaturhaus Munich

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Literaturhaus Munich

The Literaturhaus München is a cultural institution in downtown Munich that is dedicated to the mediation of literature and the organization of literary events.

History of the building

Literaturhaus Munich on Salvatorplatz
Salvatorplatz with Literaturhaus (front left) and Salvatorkirche (back left)

The Salvator Church is on Salvatorplatz . The cemetery surrounding the church was rededicated as a market square in the 18th century. With the decision of the Munich magistrate to have a school built there by Friedrich Löwel in the neo-renaissance style from 1886 to 1887, the market lost its place and was integrated into the ground floor of the new building. The market was closed in 1906 and the building was completely converted into a school.

In 1993 the Munich city council decided to use the building, which was in dire need of renovation, as a literary house. To this end, the state capital of Munich founded the Book, Media and Literature House Foundation in Munich together with publishers from Munich . In 1995 the renovation and renovation of the house and the entire Salvatorplatz began. In addition to various event rooms, a literary cafe was also housed in the building. In June 1997 the Literaturhaus Munich was able to open. Since 2002 the fictional office of the “Mother Superior” of the ARD television series Um Himmels Willen has been on the third floor .

management

From 1996 to the end of June 2016, the literary scholar Reinhard G. Wittmann was head of the Literaturhaus in Munich. He was followed on July 1, 2016 by the publisher and editor Tanja Graf .

tasks

  • Meeting point for writers, publishers, booksellers and journalists
  • Training of employees in the book industry
  • an electronic documentation pool on contemporary literature
  • Forum for all writers and readers

Bavarian Academy of Writing

The Bavarian Academy of Writing wants to promote active, contemporary literature for young authors. The Literaturhaus also offers seminars for students from the Bavarian universities of Bamberg, Bayreuth, Erlangen, LMU Munich , TU Munich and Regensburg. These universities have joined forces with the Literaturhaus to offer two parallel courses for students each year, supported by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts. There are also seminars for young authors (up to 40 years of age) in a wide variety of literary genres.

Literature House Lab

In addition to public events, readings, discussions and exhibitions, the Literaturhaus München also offers advanced training and offers for students and teachers. In close cooperation with teachers, there are writing workshops for middle schools and high schools, as well as project days and teacher training on key areas of the house or on creative writing.

Institutions in the House of Literature

Oskar Maria Graf monument

In the Brasserie OskarMaria there is an art installation created in 1997 by the American artist Jenny Holzer , which is reminiscent of the writer Oskar Maria Graf . It consists of texts by the writer, which can be read on electronic writing boards, but also on furnishings such as benches, tables and dishes.

Exhibitions

  • 2010: » Herta Müller . The cold jewelry of life « . A booklet has been published.
  • 2010: »A light dawned on me! Lev Tolstoj and Germany ”. A booklet has been published.
  • 2011: » Max Frisch . Homesickness for the stranger "
  • 2012: »Do you need it?!«  Gerhard Polt for the 70th
  • 2013: » Elisabeth Mann-Borgese and the Drama of the Seas«
  • 2013: "I once had an intimate relationship with this city ..."  Hermann Hesse and Munich
  • 2014: » Loriot . Late harvest "
  • 2014: »The Song of Death«. Robert Musil and the First World War.
  • 2015: »Success«. Lion Feuchtwangers Bavaria. An exhibition catalog has been published.
  • 2015: "We need a completely different kind of courage!" Stefan Zweig - Farewell to Europe . An exhibition catalog has been published.
  • 2015: »Permit, Kästner !« An exhibition catalog has been published.
  • 2016: »Thomas Mann. The magic Mountain. Death and amusement. «An exhibition catalog has been published.
  • 2016: »Quotes. Pictures by Wolfgang Herrndorf . «An exhibition catalog has been published.
  • 2016: »The Eternal Stenz. Helmut Dietl and his Munich. «An exhibition catalog has been published.
  • 2017: »Refugees. A challenge for Europe. «Photographs by Herlinde Koelbl . An exhibition catalog has been published.
  • 2017: »Oskar Maria Graf. Rebel, citizen of the world, narrator " 
  • 2018: "Stefan Moses: Flower Children"
  • 2018: »Into the blue. Nature in literature «An exhibition catalog has been published.
  • 2018: »Christoph Niemann. From his or her view"
  • 2019: »Alexander Kluge. Pluriversum * * The Poetic Power of Theory "
  • 2019/20: Orlando. Inspired by Virginia Woolf . Photo exhibition. Curated by Tilda Swinton .
  • 2020: Thomas Mann: "Democracy will win!" An exhibition catalog has been published.

Honors

The translator's bar , a small work of art created every year, was awarded by the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ, to Katrin Lange, the program officer, in 2014. The VdÜ praised the fact that it gives translators a stage in the Literaturhaus and regularly makes the topic of "literary translation" a topic in events and conferences. In addition, by planning translation seminars for other organizers in this house, she is committed to increasing the quality of translations into German.

Publications

  • Literaturhaus Magazin
  • 5-year magazine
  • Exhibition catalogs

Web links

Commons : Literaturhaus München  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ muenchen.de from January 13, 2016: Tanja Graf becomes the new head of the Literaturhaus , accessed on March 14, 2016
  2. ↑ http://www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/bayerische-akademie.html
  3. ↑ http://www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/literaturhaus-lab.html
  4. ↑ Helga Pfoertner: Living with history. Vol. 1, Literareron, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-89675-859-4 , p. 169 ( PDF; 1.1 MB ( Memento from April 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
  5. ↑ http://www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/ausstellung/items/137/vars/id-2014-robert-musil-1-wk.html
  6. ↑ http://www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/ausstellung/items/140/vars/id-2014-feuchtwangerausstellung.html
  7. ↑ http://www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/ausstellung/items/141/vars/id-2015-stefanzweigausstellung.html
  8. ↑ http://www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de/ausstellung/items/147/vars/id-2015-kaestner-ausstellung.html
  9. ↑ ›Death and Amusement‹. Thomas Mann: ›The Magic Mountain‹ - Literaturhaus Munich. Retrieved February 28, 2017 .
  10. ^ Quotations - Literaturhaus Munich. Retrieved February 28, 2017 .
  11. ↑ The Eternal Stenz - Literaturhaus Munich. Retrieved February 28, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Refugees. A challenge for Europe. - Literaturhaus Munich. Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
  13. ^ Oskar Maria Graf - Literaturhaus Munich. Retrieved May 16, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Flower Children - Literaturhaus Munich. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Nature in Literature - Literaturhaus Munich. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Christopf Niemann. In the eye of the beholder - Literaturhaus Munich. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Alexander Kluge. Pluriversum - Literaturhaus Munich. Retrieved May 29, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Orlando. Inspired by Virginia Woolf Literaturhaus Munich, accessed August 20, 2020
  19. ↑ Thomas Mann: "Democracy will win!" - Literaturhaus Munich. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 31.2 "  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 29.8"  E