Berlin International Literature Festival

The International Festival of Literature Berlin (proper spelling: international literature festival berlin or short ilb ) is an annual early to mid- September in Berlin -find literature festival. It was founded in 2001 by engineer and Culture Manager Ulrich Schreiber, who is director of the festival to date. The festival is the Peter Weiss Foundation. The 14th festival will take place from September 21, 2014 from 10.

The Festival

Focus of the festival are the contemporary developments of prose and poetry from around the world who find themselves in the festival divisions Literatures of the World, Reflections, Speak, Memory, specials and International Children's and Youth Literature. The Section Specials in turn divided into the New German Voices Slam Revue, as well as the international Young Authors Competition ScrittureGiovani.

At all events the international literature festival berlin the texts are presented by the authors in their native language, followed by a reading of the German translation, which is presented by actors. Presenters and interpreters allow a discussion between author and audience.

The international literature festival is organized by the Peter Weiss Foundation for Art and Politics. It is under the patronage of the German Commission for UNESCO. Festival Centre is the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Berlin- Wilmersdorf since 2005. In addition, events are held at various locations throughout Berlin.

History

2012

The 12th Berlin International Literature Festival was held from September 16, 2012 from 4.

Press

"Even in the twelfth year of existence, the Berlin Literature Festival follows the non-conformist lodestar under which it was founded. Mainstream is elsewhere, here you can hear " stories about the Clash of Civilizations", give Jonathan Meese and Durs Grünbein a press conference " the dictatorship of art", read Wladimir Kaminer and Marion Brasch from a new translation of Bulgakov's Master and Margarita. "

Special Events

  • On 23 April 2012, the PWS organized on World Book Day, a worldwide reading for democracy in Syria, where participated in various international institutions.
  • On 7 May 2012, the PWS held a press conference in Berlin to draw attention to the detention of Li Bifeng.

Publications

  • The Berlin Anthology: The authors of " Literatures of the World " program choose from a total of ninety-nine poems. All poems are to be read in the original language and in German transmission.
  • The catalog: Biographies of each participating writer in German and English, bibliographies and pictures complement the author portraits.
  • ScrittureGiovani: Each year brings ilb the written specifically for the ScrittureGiovani project short stories about a particular topic in the five languages ​​of the countries out who are involved in the project: English, Italian, Norwegian, German and the language of another guest author.
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