Literature House Salzburg

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The Literaturhaus Salzburg with the HCArtmann-Platz.

The Literaturhaus Salzburg is since 1991 existing literature house for Austrian and international contemporary literature and is considered one of the greatest literary institutions in the German-speaking world. It is an event location, the seat of several literary institutions that publish two literary magazines and one book edition, and sees itself as a meeting place with a wide range of offers and diverse service. The house is supported by the "Salzburger Literaturhaus Eizenbergerhof" association.

history

The Literaturhaus Salzburg was established on October 13, 1991 in the Eizenbergerhof , the oldest building in the Salzburg district of Lehen . In 1904 the house with an eventful history - first mentioned in a document around 1600 - was acquired by the city of Salzburg, was renovated in the 1980s and then made available for literature . In 1994 the sponsoring association Salzburger Literaturhaus Eizenbergerhof was founded by authors, publishers and literary brokers. Critical of the Austrian poet and worked here Büchner Prize carrier H. C. Artmann with, which was also responsible on the board for public relations. After his death, the square in front of the city was officially called at the suggestion of House of Literature H. C. Artmann Square named (space-opening in June 2015), since 2008 the House of Literature-wire awards together with the city of Salzburg each year, the HC Artmann scholarship .

structure

Shield of the Eizenbergerhof.

The house is supported by the association “Salzburger Literaturhaus Eizenbergerhof”. From the beginning, five existing literary institutions have been an integral part of the Literaturhaus: the association Salzburger Literaturforum Leselampe (founded in 1968), the Salzburg authors 'group (since 1981), the Salzburg branch of the Graz Authors' Assembly (since 1987), erostepost (since 1987) and the association prolit (founded in 1988). The rented literary facilities are autonomous in budget and program. The sponsoring association "Salzburger Literaturhaus Eizenbergerhof" is the main tenant of the historic building, responsible for infrastructure, advertising, ticket reservations, etc. and operates the in-house library and media center as well as a café that has been named "hccafé" after H. C. Artmann since 2008. The Literaturhaus association is the largest organizer in the Literaturhaus, the monthly program is organized by all literature organizers in the Literaturhaus as well as through rentals. Particular emphasis is placed on the lively communication of literature - according to the motto of the house "where life is spoken".

Café of the Literaturhaus

The musician and filmmaker Harald Friedl (1991–1993) was the first director of the Literaturhaus. Since summer 1993, the former derives ORF -Literaturredakteur Tomas Friedmann the House of Literature, 1994, he was also managing director of the newly founded association "Salzburg Literaturhaus Eizenbergerhof" the house and property of the city of Salzburg rents (since 2013 Friedmann in the three-member board of the network of literature houses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; he is also committed to networking the Austrian houses of literature and building a network of European houses of literature). The five-person Salzburg Literaturhaus board consists of members of the Salzburg literary scene, the current chairman is the Germanist Norbert Christian Wolf (since 2010), who succeeded the two Germanists Josef Donnenberg (1994–1997) and Karl Müller (1997–2010). The association consists of around 550 members and sponsors, is financially supported by the public sector (City and State of Salzburg and the Ministry of Culture in Vienna) and generates part of the budget itself, primarily through events, projects and rentals.

purpose

The association “Salzburger Literaturhaus Eizenbergerhof” was founded in 1994 with the aim of promoting contemporary literature at home and abroad as well as public and interdisciplinary discourse on literature. The program management and team achieve these goals by promoting literature, authoring, reading and providing space for literary groups. Particular attention is paid to the lively and committed communication of literatures and languages ​​and critical discourse - with the aim of addressing as many age groups and social classes as possible. Specifically, the Literature House Association provides literature through (sometimes multilingual) readings and discussion events, (literature) exhibitions, the "Young Literature House" (children's program, activities for young people, workshops, advanced training events for teachers, projects) and interdisciplinary forms of events as well as cooperation with the media , Publishers and other cultural organizers.

The individual institutions in the house have different objectives, but what they all have in common is the effort to promote contemporary literature. The focus of the activities of the “Reading Lamp Literature Forum” is the encounter between authors and readers. The communication of literature is promoted through readings, a monthly literary breakfast, literature trips, writing workshops, etc. The “Salzburg Authors' Group” organizes, among other things, community readings for its members and advises authors. The “Graz Authors' Assembly / Salzburg”, the regional office of GAV (founded 1973, seat: Vienna), also deals with cultural-political issues in events and supports its writing members living in the city and state of Salzburg. The "erostepost" association primarily promotes young literature, which it often presents in connection with campaigns and experiments. The association “prolit” promotes and mediates contemporary literature with a focus on literature from Eastern European countries and brings together cultural and social areas (for example in writing workshops with handicapped authors).

program

The event hall of the Literaturhaus.

As the organizer, the association “Salzburger Literaturhaus Eizenbergerhof” organizes readings with Austrian and international writers, discussions, radio plays , film and lecture evenings, literature and jazz events and exhibitions. There is also an extensive program for children and young people with readings, workshops and theater events, as well as the “Europe of Mother Tongues” festival, which has been held since 1995 and which each spring presents the literature and culture of a European language area (e.g. Basque Country, Albania and Kosova , Iceland, Roma and Sinti). In addition, since 2009 there has been a crime feast with well-known authors from home and abroad under the title “PENG!” . Together with the events of the other institutions in the house, there are over 250 events with around 15,000 visitors each year in the Salzburg Literature House. Since 1991, over 300,000 visitors have been counted at around 5,000 events with thousands of authors and artists.

Cooperation also sets accents outside the Literaturhaus, grants and prizes are (co) awarded, authors are advised and young talent is promoted. As a member of the network of literature houses "literaturhaus.net", a German-speaking author has been awarded the Prize of Literature Houses every year since 2002 . Since 2008, together with the City of Salzburg, the association has awarded the HC Artmann scholarship , an artist in residence scholarship lasting several months , which has previously been awarded to the German author and translator Stefan Weidner , the Swiss poet Armin Senser , and the Lithuanian writer and critic Sigitas Parulskis , to the Berlin author Ruth Johanna Benrath , to the Macedonian poet Lidija Dimkovska , to the South Tyrolean talent Gerd Sulzenbacher and to the Ukrainian authors Ljubko Deresch and Boris Chersonskij , the Roma author Jovan Nikolić and the Austrian poet Sandra Hubinger .

The public bookcase in front of the Literaturhaus

Two literary magazines are produced in-house: “Salz” (since 1975, published by the Reading Lamp Association) documents the literary life of Salzburg and publishes texts by international and Salzburg authors. Erostepost (since 1987, published by the literary association of the same name) primarily promotes young German-speaking authors and awards the Erostepost literature prize annually . The literary association “prolit” publishes contemporary Austrian literature as a small publisher in the “Edition Eizenbergerhof” (from 1992 to 1996 under the name “edition prolit”).

In 2012 a so-called “book filling station” was built in front of the house , a telephone booth converted into bookcases, which is open day and night free of charge as a place to exchange used books. A second book filling station was set up in front of ARGEkultur Salzburg .

The Literaturhaus organizes the fortnightly program Radio Literaturhaus in Salzburg's Free Radio Radiofabrik 107.5 .

Exhibitions (selection)

partner

The Literaturhaus Salzburg is a founding member of literaturhaus.net, a network of eleven large literary houses in the German-speaking area. The network of literary houses sets common priorities every year and awards the literary houses prize every year ; The cultural partner is the French-German TV culture broadcaster ARTE , the media partner of the ORF radio station Ö1 and the Salzburger Nachrichten .

The Salzburger Literaturhaus is also part of the network of Austrian literary houses and literary centers, which have been organizing the "mitSsprache" project together since 2004, and is also a member of IG Kultur Austria and the umbrella association of Salzburg cultural sites .

Publications

  • Tomas Friedmann, Peter Fuschelberger, Petra Nagenkögel (eds.): Salzburg literary tours , literary paths through the city and state of Salzburg. Edition Eizenbergerhof, Salzburg 2001.
  • Ines Schütz, Veronika Leiner (ed.): Best of literaturhaus. Double CD. Edition Eizenbergerhof, Salzburg 2001/2006.

literature

  • Martina Pohn (author) and Tomas Friedmann (ed.): Literaturhaus Salzburg - The history of the Eizenbergerhof from 1600 . Edition Eizenbergerhof, Salzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-901243-38-7
  • Tomas Friedmann (Ed.): "25 Years of the Literaturhaus Salzburg". Edition Eizenbergerhof, Salzburg 2016, ISBN 3-901243-42-9

Web links

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

Individual evidence


Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 31 ″  N , 13 ° 1 ′ 50.5 ″  E