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Potyah 76 – Train 76
Until the Juri Andruchovych became successful here, Ukrainian literature was practically unheard of in Germany. Although many are aware that he recently received the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding, very few people know that he is also...
Journey of Discovery
War and Literature was the theme of the second Neuruppin Fontane Festival, an event held every two years with the aim of establishing Fontane’s birthplace as a nationally recognized literary centre. Based on Fontane’s personal travel diaries, in...
Munich Poetry Nights
The non-profit Munich-based Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett holds Europe’s second-largest international collection of poetry (approx. 45,000 volumes) and regularly organises international poetry readings and events. With its specialisation in poetry, the...
Michael Lentz
Michael Lentz (geb. 1964 in Düren) studierte Germanistik, Philosophie und Geschichte und promovierte in Germanistik über Lautpoesie. Er lebt heute in Berlin. Lentz arbeitet als Schriftsteller und Musiker. Seine Werke umfassen Lyrik, Prosa und...
Polish literature days in Leipzig
The city of Leipzig is known for its diverse network of independent cultural projects. The Polish Institute Leipzig would like to take advantage of this network in order to increase Germany's awareness of contemporary Polish writers. The Polish...
New offshoots from old roots
The Garden Kingdom of Oranienbaum in Saxony-Anhalt became a UNESCO world heritage site in 2000. Its creation and design are evidence of how close the relations between Germany and Holland were during the 17th century. To do its heritage justice, the...
Midad
Arabic literature will be the centre of attention at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2004. In order to strengthen the literary exchange between Germany and the Arabic nations even more, the Goethe Institute in Cairo has launched an online Internet project...
Narrating War
Why is it so hard to talk about war? Why is it so difficult to understand, to remember and verbally express one’s experience of violence and war? Some historic events and experiences are said to be unspeakable and indescribable, and yet there are...
LitFlow – For the literature of tomorrow
In view of how digital and web-based technologies have revolutionized the entire literary and cultural branch, the Federal Cultural Foundation initiated the project LitFlow – a public think tank which examined these changes and the future of...
Art in the Media – Standards and Perspectives of Cultural Education
Art is more ubiquitous than ever before. Museums continually strengthen their efforts to bring art to the masses. And now with an increasing number of magazines, Internet sites and cultural programmes on television and radio, the media is...