FESTIVAL NEUE LITERATUR | PANEL WRITING ON THE MARGINS | LITERATURE BETWEEN CULTURES SUNDAY FEB 12, 06:00 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.
As in the United States, the literary scene in Europe is currently abuzz with hybridity and border crossings that explore the lives of characters who move between different cultural and ethnic worlds. There as here, questions of power and authenticity are not far behind as these authors explore the sometimes explosive conditions that arise when cultures intersect and, yes, sometimes clash.
This panel will feature authors Francisco Goldman, Monica Cantieni, Larissa Boehning and Erwin Uhrman in conversation with Liesl Schillinger.
Other events:
> SATURDAY FEB 11, 06:00 PM | Panel: Reinventing the Past
> SUNDAY FEB 12, 12:00 PM | Frühschoppen Literary Brunch
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
Francisco Goldman has published four novels and one book of non-fiction. His most recent novel is Say Her Name, published in April 2011. His books have been or are being published in 15 languages.The Long Night of White Chickens won the American Academy’s Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction; his other novels have been finalists for several prizes, including The Pen/Faulkner and The International IMPAC Dublin literary award.
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.
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.
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
McNally Jackson
52 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
Free admission, no reservations required.
