FESTIVAL NEUE LITERATUR FRÜHSCHOPPEN LITERARY BRUNCH SUNDAY FEB 12, 12:00 PM |
The Festival Neue Literatur 2012 brings six of the best up-and-coming German-language authors to NewYork, where they join well-known American writers in a series of conversations and readings. This year, two authors each from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland will join two American authors over the weekend of February 10-12. Unless otherwise indicated, all events will be in English, and are free and open to the public.
The six German-language authors of Festival Neue Literatur: Larissa Boehning, Monica Cantieni, Catalin Dorian Florescu, Inka Parei, Linda Stift and Erwin Uhrmann, will read excerpts from their work, providing a taste of new writing from Austria, Germany and Switzerland. With traditional German fare.
Other events:
> SATURDAY FEB 11, 06:00 PM | Panel: Reinventing The Past
> SUNDAY FEB 12, 06:00 PM | Panel: Writing on the Margins / Literature between Cultures
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Susan Bernofsky, acclaimed translator and curator of the Festival Neue Literatur 2012, chose six exceptional German-language authors for this year’s festivities. The 2012 participants are:Larissa Boehning (Germany), Monica Cantieni (Switzerland), Catalin Dorian Florescu (Switzerland), Erwin Uhrmann (Austria), Inka Parei (Germany), and Linda Stift (Austria).
For the third year in a row, the Festival Neue Literatur will bring six of the most respected authors of the contemporary German-language literary scene to New York City. Festival Neue Literatur continues to be the premier platform for presenting the work and capabilities of its selected German-language authors. In a series of events participants will meet New York authors as well as the literary critic Liesl Schillinger for talks and discussions.
The festival is a collaboration between the Austrian Cultural Forum, the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York, the Deutsches Haus at NYU, the Deutsches Haus at Columbia University, the German Book Office NY, the German Consulate General in New York, the Goethe-Institut NY and Pro Helvetia.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Larissa Boehning, born in 1971, grew up in Hamburg and has lived in Spain and Berlin. She works as a graphic designer, lecturer and freelance writer. She was awarded the Literaturpreis Prenzlauer Berg (2002) for the story ‘Schwalbensommer’ from a previous collection. Her debut novel Lichte Stoffe was longlisted for the German Book Prize in 2007 and earned her the Kulturpreis der Stadt Pinneberg and Mara Cassens Prize for the best debut novel of the year.
Monica Cantieni, born 1965 in Thalwil, Switzerland, lives in Wettingen (Switzerland) and Vienna. She also works for SRF, Swiss Radio and Television. Already published is the story »Hieronymus’ Children« as well as a large number of short stories in periodicals and anthologies. »Greenhorn« is her first novel. Monica Cantieni has received numerous literary stipends and awards.
Catalin Dorian Florescu, born in 1967 in Timisoara, Romania, fled with his parents to Zurich in 1982. He studied psychology and psychopathology at the University in Zurich, later working as a psychotherapist for drug addicts. Florescu published his first book in 2001. Since 2001 Florescu has written several essays, stories and novels and has received a number of literature prizes and scholarships, e.g. the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize in 2002, the Anna Seghers Prize in 2003 and the 2012 Eichendorff Literary Award. His featured novel Jakob beschliesst zu lieben (Jacob decides to love) was shortlisted for the 2011 Swiss Book Prize.
Inka Parei, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1967, lives in Berlin. Her first two novels, Die Schattenboxerin and Was Dunkelheit war, have been translated into French, Spanish, Swedish, Polish and Chinese, among other languages. In 2011 Seagull Books published Die Schattenboxerin as The Shadow-Boxing Woman, and will publish her new novel, Die Kältezentrale, as The Cold Room, with both titles translated by Katy Derbyshire. In 2000 Inka Parei was awarded the Hans Erich Nossack Prize and in 2003 she received the Bachmann Prize.
Linda Stift, born 1969 in Austria, studied German literature at the University of Vienna. Stift currently lives and works in Vienna as a freelance writer for publications such as the Wiener Zeitung, and has published numerous works in magazines and anthologies. In 2007 she was awarded the Alfred Gesswein Literaturpreis and in 2009 was nominated for the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. Past works include Kingpeng, her debut novel, and Stierhunger. Her most recent work Kein einziger Tag (Not a Single Day) was published in 2011.
Erwin Uhrmann, born in 1978, lives in Vienna. He studied political science and communications in Vienna and founded the art-club „Kunstwerft“ together with artists, musicians, and writers. He writes reports on art for magazines and catalogues and works for the privately financed Essl Museum in Klosterneuburg, Austria. In 2005/06 he received the Austrian State stipend for literature. Uhrmann has published short stories in anthologies and magazines since 2002, and together with Alexander Peer published in 2008, the anthology Ostseeteam, focusing on the Baltic sea region. In 2010 Limbus Verlag published his first novel Der lange Nachkrieg (The War Beyond) which was followed in 2011 by the novel Glauber Rocha.
VENUE
Deutsches Haus at NYU
42 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003
Free admission, please e-mail deutscheshaus.rsvp@nyu.edu for tickets.
