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Festival Timetable September 2010

Fri 10 September 2010

20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle
Berio – Stravinsky
Venue: Philharmonie

Sat 11 September 2010

20:00
Duke Quartet
Kevin Volans
Venue: Parochialkirche
20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle
Berio – Stravinsky
Venue: Philharmonie

Sun 12 September 2010

11:00
Charity Concert
Philharmonia Quartett Berlin | Stravinsky – Mozart – Debussy
Venue: Kammermusiksaal of the Philharmonie
20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle
Berio – Stravinsky
Venue: Philharmonie

Mon 13 September 2010

20:00
musikFabrik / Peter Eötvös
Berio – Xenakis – Eötvös – Pousseur
Venue: Philharmonie

Tue 14 September 2010

20:00
Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Kent Nagano
Berio – Strauss – Stravinsky
Venue: Philharmonie

Wed 15 September 2010

09:00
Kate DiCamillo presents her children’s book “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread”
USA
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Auditorium
12:00
Sergej Lukianenko reads from “Trix Solier. Zauberlehrling voller Fehl und Adel” (t: Trix Solier. Sorcerer’s apprentice full of deficits and nobility)
Kazakhstan/Russia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Auditorium
12:00
“Malitalia”: Book presentation, documentary film and discussion
With Laura Aprati and Enrico Fierro
Venue: Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium
19:00
Juan Goytisolo: Space in movement. The topography turned into typogaphy
Spain | Inauguration
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Auditorium
20:00
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / David Robertson
Bartók – Boulez – Ravel
Venue: Philharmonie
20:00
Ken Bruen sends Jack Taylor to hell
Ireland
Venue: Babylon
21:00
Concert: “Dogs in Space” in the Sportklub der Armee
With Serhij Zhadan and Sobaky v kosmosi
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Café Global

Thu 16 September 2010

09:00
Eva Muggenthaler presents her children’s books “Paulas Reisen” (t: Paula’s journeys) and “Der weiße und der schwarze Bär” (t: The white bear and the black bear)
Germany
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
10:00
South Africa today. With Sindiwe Magona
Reflections for Pupils
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
11:00
Marjolijn Hof reads her children’s book “Tote Maus für Papas Leben” (Engl. “Against the Odds”)
Netherlands
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
13:00
Sindiwe Magona will read from her novel for young adults “Mother to Mother”
South Africa
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
17:00
Sergej Lukianenko
Kazakhstan/Russia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
18:00
Amara Lakhous and the clash of civilizations over an elevator
Italy/Algeria
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
18:00
Hommage to José Saramago (1922–2010)
Portugal
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
18:00
Faruk Šehic on the roar of machine guns and deadly instincts
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
19:00
Joshua Ferris and the lunacy of modern life
USA
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
19:00
Harald Martenstein and the cosmos of modern relationships
Germany
Venue: Babylon
19:00
Global Mufti – The media savvy Islam of Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Book launch with Bettina Gräf, Gudrun Krämer and Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
19:00
Artur Becker and the dream about mother’s lipstick
Poland/Germany
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
19:30
A bear under palm trees. North/South Literary Salon. Osama bin Laden at an embassy party
With Hussein Chawich and Günther Orth
Venue: Buchhändlerkeller
19:30
With Sergej Minajew amongst the Chanel-suited mummies in the clubs of Moscow
Russia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
19:30
Angels, Trash, Love – New Romanian Literature I: Radu Aldulescu
Romania
Venue: Café Hilde
20:00
Konzerthausorchester Berlin / Lothar Zagrosek
Berio – Lutoslawski – Debussy/Zender – Boulez
Venue: Philharmonie
20:00
Juan Goytisolo’s sacred legend and the modern horror of heresy
Spain
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
20:15
Jaroslav Hašek
1883−1923
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
20:30
Sofi Oksanen describes the fate of two women amidst the turmoil of European history
Finland/Estonia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
20:30
Poetry Night I
With Aleš Debeljak, Hasso Krull, Valzyna Mort and Jovan Zivlaks
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
21:00
Volker Wieprecht and Robert Skuppin
“Das Lexikon der Rituale. Von Abschied bis Zigarette, danach” (tr: The Lexicon of Rituals)
Venue: Babylon
21:00
Radka Denemarková looks at the repressed German-Czech post-war history
Czech Republic
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
21:00
Ivaila Alexandrova on the self destruction of the intelligentsia
Bulgaria
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
22:30
Concert with Amos Elkana
Israel
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Café Global

Fri 17 September 2010

09:00
András Baranyai presents his children’s books “Little red riding hood” and “I think everyone should stay home on a Sunday afternoon”
Hungary
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
10:00
Conference „Aufklärung versus Schweigen“
Bulgaria. With Ilija Trojanow and Georgi Konstantinow
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
10:00
Michael Stavaric will read from his three children’s books “Gaggalagu” (t: Cock-a-doodle-doo) “BieBu” (t: BeeBoo) and “Die kleine Sensenfrau” (t: The little lady reaper)
Austria/Czech Republic
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
11:00
Marius Jonutis presents his splendidly coloured children’s book, “ Worm-bird. Your first book about the art of flying”
Lithuania
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
11:30
Conference „Aufklärung versus Schweigen“
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. With Alexander Daniel, Anatolij Berger, Wladimir Romanowskij, Wolodymyr Wjatrowytsch and Jewhen Swerstjuk
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
12:00
Azouz Begag presents texts and songs from “Cœur de banlieue” (t: Heart of the suburbs)
France
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Auditorium
13:00
Sindiwe Magona reads from her book “Beauty’s Gift”
South Africa
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
16:00
Conference „Aufklärung versus Schweigen“
Baltic States. With Imbi Paju, Vita Birzaka and Laimantas Jonušys
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
16:00
The Literatures of the Others ... Literary Translations in Central and Eastern Europe
With Lidija Dimkovska, Christine M. Merkel, Valzyna Mort and Ana Ristovic
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
16:30
Born in the Bronx: Hip-Hop – the history of an urban culture
With Joe Conzo and Omar Akbar
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
16:30
ZDF nachtstudio: The Struggle for Europe?
With Artur Becker, Martin Pollack and Katharina Raabe
Venue: Berliner-Union-Studio 4
17:15
UNESCO-WORKSHOP: The Magna Charta of international cultural politics
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
18:00
The West in the East – Eastern European Perceptions
With Bára Procházková, Oxana Evdokimova, Borka Pavicevic and Basil Kerski
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
18:00
Exhibition welcome: Herta Müller. Life’s Cold Jewellery
André Schmitz, Herta Müller and Ernest Wichner will speak
Venue: Literaturhaus Berlin
18:30
Fritz Reuter
1810 Stavenhagen – 1974 Eisenach
Venue: Evangelische Nikodemusgemeinde
19:00
Martin Pollack sails with Galician emigrants to “the Emperor of America”
Austria
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
19:00
Yann Martel and the attempt to write a novel about the Holocaust
Canada
Venue: Babylon
19:00
Sabrina Janesch takes a trip through the landscapes and history of Lower Silesia
Germany
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
19:00
Reading with Ulrike Draesner and Sabine Techel
Germany
Venue: Galerie Bernau
19:30
The Western View of Eastern Europe
With Michael Kimmelman, Manfred Sapper and Francesca Sforza
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker / Pierre Boulez
Boulez – Stravinsky
Venue: Philharmonie
20:00
Alberto Manguel about escaping the wrong life
Canada/France
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
20:00
The international SLAM!Revue
With Emilie Zoey Baker, Irina Bondas, Elsa Fitzgerald & Ribi Rimini, Id aka István Matits, Jan Jilek, Marta Marciniak, Andi Pianka, Anna Russ, Samian, Temye Tesfu and the guest of honour Carlos Andrés Gómez
Venue: C-Club
20:00
Literary history – Taking stock in the Visegrád countries
With György Dalos, Radka Denemarková, György Dragomán and Anna T. Szabó
Venue: Szimpla – Kaffeehaus Budapest
20:00
It’s an honour, Doctor Reuter – A Congratulatory Programme for his 200th Birthday
With Anke Moll, Elfie Schrodt, Arja Sharma, Magdalena Zettl, Andreas Auer, Knut Fiete Degner, Sönke Fahl, Gerhard Köhler and Maxim Torbotrus
Venue: Evangelische Nikodemusgemeinde
20:15
Tadeusz Borowski
1922 Ukraine – 1951 Poland
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
20:30
Rana Dasgupta’s turbulent tale of a centenarian Bulgarian
United Kingdom / India
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
20:30
Poetry Night II
With Kevin Hart, Dennis O’Driscoll, Nikola Madzirov and Serhij Zhadan
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
20:30
Swetlana Alexijewitsch and her portraits of people at the end of the Red empire
Belarus
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
21:00
Karin Slaughter in a nightmare with the wrong corpse
USA
Venue: Babylon
21:00
Eva Sichelschmidt in conversation with Valzyna Mort and Natalja Kljutscharjowa
Belarus and Russia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
22:30
Vera Polozkova and the directness of poetry
Russia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1

Sat 18 September 2010

10:00
Conference „Aufklärung versus Schweigen“
Former Yugoslavia and Albania. With Igor Omerza, Jasna Koteska and Borka Pavi?evi?
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
14:00
Conference „Aufklärung versus Schweigen“
Visegrád States: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary. With Kazimierz Wóycicki, Krisztián Ungváry, Muriel Blaive, Gustáv Murín, Jozef Banáš, Marek Nowakowski and Petr Placák
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
15:00
The circumnavigation of the world by a blind navy lieutenant – discovered by Ilija Trojanow
Germany/Bulgaria
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
15:00
Advocates for freedom? Writers, intellectuals and the thrill of power
With György Dalos, Adam Krzeminski and Peter Schneider
Venue: Babylon
15:00
Tilman Rammstedt’s novel of lies about love and death – and China
Germany
Venue: Galeria illy at KaDeWe
16:00
Mrs Zhuk and her granddaughter
Reading – Discussion – Photography exhibition
Venue: M33 Höfe
16:00
City World – World City: Moscow
Omar Akbar in conversation with Natalja Kljutscharjowa
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
16:30
György Dragomán on a child’s experience of dictatorship
Hungary
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
17:00
Ensemble intercontemporain / Susanna Mälkki
Boulez
Venue: Kammermusiksaal of the Philharmonie
17:00
Afrika 1960 – back to the future
With Nuruddin Farah and Priya Basil
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
17:00
Moritz Rinke serves up an outrageous story
Germany
Venue: Galeria illy at KaDeWe
17:30
Conference „Aufklärung versus Schweigen“
Romania, Moldova. With Marius Oprea and Nicolae Dabija
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
17:30
Writing with white ink
Workshop with Israel Bar Kohav
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
18:00
Vladimir Sorokin’s chilling requiem for humanity
Russia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
19:00
Philipp Meyer’s portrait of life in a dying steel-mining region in the USA
USA
Venue: Babylon
19:00
Sudabeh Mohafez poses questions about guilt and responsibility
Germany
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
19:30
Nicol Ljubic’s love story in the shadow of the Bosnian War
Germany
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
19:30
Angels, Trash, Love – New Romanian Literature II: Matei Florian and Filip Florian
Romania
Venue: Café Hilde
20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker / Pierre Boulez
Boulez – Stravinsky
Venue: Philharmonie
20:00
Carla Guelfenbein
Chile
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
20:00
SLAM on the roof!
Slam show with Emilie Zoey Baker, Anna Russ, Samian, Temye Tesfu and surprise guests
Venue: Baxpax Roof Terrace
20:00
The Putin-Medvedev system: on the chances for the development of civil society in Russia
With Natalja Kljutscharjowa, Sonja Margolina, Sergej Minajew and Michail Ryklin
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
20:15
Leonid Dobycin
1894–1936
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
20:30
Alois Hotschnig tells of the healing bite of a tyrannical dog
Austria
Venue: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Studio
20:30
Poetry Night III
With Ana Ristovic, Lidija Dimkovska, Dmitri Golynko and Sergej Timofejew
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
21:00
Jasmin Tabatabai about her Iranian home, and life in Germany
Germany/Iran
Venue: Babylon
21:00
Michael Stavaric and the “Evil Games” in the war of the sexes
Austria/Czech Republic
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
22:00
Concert with Joe Hurley
USA
Venue: Buchhändlerkeller

Sun 19 September 2010

10:00
Conference „Aufklärung versus Schweigen“
Deutschland. With Joachim Walther and Hans-Hendrik Grimmling
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
11:00
Ensemble intercontemporain / François-Xavier Roth
Boulez
Venue: Kammermusiksaal of the Philharmonie
11:00
What is World Literature today?
With Rana Dasgupta, Nuruddin Farah, Alberto Manguel and Eliot Weinberger
Venue: Institut français de Berlin
12:00
Conference „Aufklärung versus Schweigen“
Closing panel. With Marianne Birthler, Alexander Daniel, Kazimierz Wóycicki and Wolodymyr Wjatrowytsch
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
15:00
The cultural future of the Balkans
With Borka Pavicevic, Beqë Cufaj and Dubravka Ugrešic
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
15:30
Silver rather than lead – The drug economy and drug culture of Mexico
With Élmer Mendoza and Edgardo Buscaglia
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
15:30
The Blue Horse
Lecture by Israel Bar Kohav
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
16:30
Anna Altschuk (1955–2008): Floating into Position. Poetry
With Michail Ryklin
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
17:00
Dubravka Ugrešic on commercialised wellness, the humour of the elderly and the witch Baba Yaga
Croatia/Netherlands
Venue: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Saal C
17:00
Liao Yiwu and the underdogs of Chinese society
China
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
17:00
LiteraturRaum
With Israel Bar Kohav, Samuel Shimon, Ali Ghandtschi and David Weinberger
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
18:00
Filip Florian dips into the Romanian past
Romania
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
18:00
In memory of Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934–2010)
With Alberto Manguel and María Sonia Cristoff
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
18:30
Natalja Kljutscharjowa’s journey through the extremes of today’s Russia
Russia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
18:30
Vladimir Vertlib on the supposed insurmountable chasms between religions
Austria/Russia
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
18:30
Hassouna Mosbahi brings the past and present of North Africa to life in his novel “Rückkehr nach Tarschisch”
Tunisia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
19:00
Nuruddin Farah’s heroine attempts a new beginning – in Mogadishu, of all places
Somalia
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, stage
19:00
Vladimir Sorokin the Sugar Kremlin for the People
Russia
Venue: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Saal C
19:15
Priya Basil on an obedient daughter in a hopeless situation
United Kingdom
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
19:30
With Vladislav Bajac in the Balkan Hamam of Ottoman and Southeast European history
Serbia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
20:00
Bamberger Symphoniker / Jonathan Nott
Wagner – Boulez
Venue: Philharmonie
20:00
Esther Kinsky on an expedition in northern Banat
Germany
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
20:00
“Ships of fire”: Latin America without magical realism
With Marcelo Birmajer, Ana Clavel, Lina Meruane and Antonio Ungar
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
20:00
Anti-Semitism and Nationalism. Why is Hungary making headlines?
With György Dalos, György Dragomán and András Kovács
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
20:15
City World – World City: Bucharest
Omar Akbar in conversation with Filip Florian
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
20:30
Poetry Night IV
With Sjón, José F. A. Oliver, István Kemény and Israel Bar Kohav
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
21:00
Nikolai Gogol / Alfred Schnittke
1809 Ukraine – 1852 Moscow / 1934 USSR – 1998 Hamburg
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1

Mon 20 September 2010

09:00
Trenton Lee Stewart presents various volumes from his series “The Mysterious Benedict Society”
USA
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
09:30
Shaun Tan presents his children’s books “Tales from Outer Suburbia” and “The Lost Thing”
Australia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
10:00
Louis-Philippe Dalembert will read from his novel “Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis”
Haiti
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
11:30
Tobias Elsäßer reads from his young adult book “Ab ins Paradies” (t: Off to paradise)
Germany
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
12:00
Trenton Lee Stewart reads from his novel “Flood Summer”
USA
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
13:30
Shaun Tan: “The Arrival”
Australia | Reflections for Pupils
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
18:00
Bora Cosic’s poems on leaving home and arriving in the unknown
Serbia/Germany/Croatia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
18:00
György Dragomán: “White King”
Hungary
Venue: Justizvollzugsanstalt Tegel
19:00
Elizabeth Gilbert explains how she made her peace with marriage
USA
Venue: Babylon
19:00
Poets and Identities – How migration promotes development
With Irina Bondas, Temye Tesfu and José Antonio Encinas Marroquín
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
19:00
Nguyên Huy Thiêp and the retired general
Vietnam
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
19:00
Hassouna Mosbahi brings the past and present of North Africa to life in his novel “Rückkehr nach Tarschisch”
Tunisia
Venue: Helene-Nathan-Bibiliothek Neukölln
19:30
László Krasznahorkai about perfection and imperfection
Hungary
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
19:30
Wiped out, cleared up, reinterpreted? The reactions to Stalinism
With Swetlana Alexijewitsch, Andrei Sorokin, Arsenij Roginskij and Lascha Bakradse
Venue: Heinrich Böll Foundation
19:30
Of the value of things and how we act − Janne Tellers “Nothing”
Denmark
Venue: Schlosshotel Grunewald, Musikzimmer
20:00
Nicoleta Esinencu, the young voice of Moldova reads from “Odessa Transfer”
Moldova
Venue: Stiftung Brandenburger Tor
20:00
Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim
The Music of Pierre Boulez
Venue: Philharmonie / Konzerthaus Berlin
20:00
Sibylle Lewitscharoff talks to Thomas Steinfeld
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
20:00
Alan Pauls on fiery old socialist’s cold look at the Argentinian military dictatorship
Argentina
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
20:00
Meeting of Young Authors
With Lydia Dimitrow, Olga Galicka, David Holdowanski, Kai Mertig, Laura Naumann, Jule Sonnentag and Lena Stange
Venue: Buchhändlerkeller
20:00
Boris Pahor talks about his journey through life
Slovenia/Italy
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
20:15
Marina Zwetajewa
1892−1941
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
20:30
Ann Cotten experiments with language and form
Venue: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Studio
20:30
Ayse Kulin: Reading from “Bir Gün” (Engl. “Face to Face”)
Turkey
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
20:30
Poetry Night V
With Mimoza Ahmeti, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Gintaras Grajauskas and Ali Podrimja
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
21:00
The latest news from Wladimir Kaminer’s mother-in-law
Germany
Venue: Babylon
21:00
Carlos Andrés Gómez: Fate by the throat – spoken word performance
USA
Venue: Berghain, Panorama Bar
22:00
Concert: Wilfried uand Serge N’Sondé
Congo/France
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Café Global

Tue 21 September 2010

00:00
Authors for Peace
Initiated by Priya Basil
Venue: no venue
09:00
Janne Teller will read from her young adult book “Nichts. Was im Leben wichtig ist” (Engl. “Nothing”), which was recently published in Germany.
Denmark
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Auditorium
09:30
Ramón Trigo presents his splendidly colourful children’s books “The light bulbs” and “Empty House”
Spain
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
11:30
Jenny Brosinski presents her children’s book “Die Bürgschaft” (t: The hostage)
Germany
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
16:00
Franzobel: “Picus”
Austria
Venue: Justizvollzugsanstalt Tegel
18:00
Mahmoud Doulatabati on the abysses of fear and death
Iran
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
19:00
Tishani Doshi and her story of a British Indian family
India
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
19:00
Iwan Bunin
1870 Russia – 1953 France
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
19:00
Boris Pahor about the struggle of the powerless
Slovenia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
19:00
What was communism?
Rolf Hosefeld in discussion with Gerd Koenen
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
19:00
Petra Reski: “From Kamen to Corleone” – The Mafia in Germany
Germany
Venue: Alte Feuerwache, Tagungshaus
19:30
Aharon Appelfeld shows us the shared existence of Christians and Jews in Bukovina
Israel
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
19:30
The culture of remembrance vs. the politics of history – A talk about the feel of the past in the former Yugoslavia
With Drago Jancar, Tanja Stupar-Trifunovic and Sreten Ugricic
Venue: Heinrich Böll Foundation
20:00
Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim
The Music of Pierre Boulez
Venue: Philharmonie / Konzerthaus Berlin
20:00
Gabriele Goettle’s Reports
Germany
Venue: Buchhändlerkeller
20:30
Dietmar Dath
Germany
Venue: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Saal C
20:30
Franzobel and the last days of humanity
Austria
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
20:30
The true end of the war is before it begins
Book presentation with Wojciech Tochman, Olga Tokarczuk and Olaf Kühl
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Café Global
21:00
Assaf Gavron’s road movie across modern America
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
21:00
Takis Theodoropoulos – Greek myths on the Black Sea
Greece
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin

Wed 22 September 2010

09:00
Philippe Lechermeier presents his current children’s book “Journal secret du Petit Poucet” (t: The secret journal of Tom Thumb)
France
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
10:00
Tishani Doshi her story of a British Indian family
India
Venue: Bibliothek Marzahn / Hellersdorf
11:00
David Habchy presents “Haltabees Haltabees” (t: The little tailor Haltabees)
Lebanon
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
12:00
When Water Decides Life and Death. Assaf Gavron’s “Hydromania”
Israel | Reflections for Pupils
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
13:00
Karlijn Stoffels reads from her young adult book “1:0 für die Idioten” (t: 1:0 for the idiots)
Netherlands
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
17:30
The Memoirs of a Princess in the Harem of the Persian Shah
Venue: Zentrum für Literaturforschung
18:00
Economic frustration and everyday worries – What can Eastern Europe do in times of crisis?
With Ganna Snigur-Grabovska, Wolfram Schrettl and Sanja Popovic-Pantic
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
18:00
City World – World City: Budapest
Omar Akbar in conversation with György Dalos
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
19:00
Leanne Shapton and the fictional auction catalogue
Venue: Babylon
19:00
Dea Loher puts eccentric people in unexpected situations
Germany
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
19:00
Igiaba Scego’s novel about the tangle of languages beyond Babylon
Italy/Somalia
Venue: Istituto Italiano di Cultura
19:00
Was wird aus Europa?
With Viktor Jerofejew, Alan Posener und Peter Schneider
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
19:30
Samuel Shimon – an Iraqi in Paris
Iraq / United Kindom
Venue: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Studio
20:00
Louis-Philippe Dalembert about complicated love
Haiti/France
Venue: Institut français de Berlin
20:00
Rayuela – The Argentinian-German city writing project
With Alan Pauls and Ron Winkler
Venue: Literaturhaus Berlin, Kaminraum
20:00
Literary salon Mitte
With István Kemény, Erich Schwarz and Manfred Eisner
Venue: Kulturhaus Mitte
20:15
Zbigniew Herbert
1924 Lemberg – 1998 Warsaw
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
20:30
New German Poetry
With Richard Dove, Kathrin Schmidt and Hans Thill
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
20:30
Olga Tokarczuk observes dissolutions in dissolving time
Poland
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
21:00
Alexander Osang – a victim of reunification falls in love with a townhouse girl
Germany
Venue: Babylon
21:00
Petra Soukopová about the weight of being familiar
Czech Republic
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
21:00
SAND journal launch
Reading with Tishani Doshi, Danielle Janess and Marcus Speh
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
21:15
Biljana Srbljanovic on the trauma of war and the struggle for survival in today’s society
Serbia
Venue: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Studio
22:30
Concert with Joe Hurley: “The House That Horse Built”
USA
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Café Global

Thu 23 September 2010

09:00
Sverre Henmo presents his young adult book “Großer Bruder, kleiner Bruder” (t: Big brother, little brother)
Norway
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Auditorium
09:30
Emily Gravett presents “Monkey and Me” and some of her further children’s books
United Kingdom
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
10:00
Julia Billet: “Salle des pas perdus”
France | Reflections for Pupils
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
11:30
Peter Pohl his current children’s book “Anton, ich mag dich” (t: Anton, I like you)
Sweden
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
17:00
Poetry Slam for Teens
The big finale of the Berlin schools’ poetry slam project
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Auditorium
18:00
Leanne Shapton and the fictitious auction catalogue
USA
Venue: Schlosshotel Grunewald, Musikzimmer
19:00
Ceremony for the Georg Dehio Book Prize 2010
with the award winners Martin Pollack, Wlodzimierz Nowak and Joanna Manc
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
19:00
Peter Pohl reads from “Der Regenbogen hat nur acht Farben” (t: The rainbow only has eight colours) and “Anton, ich mag dich” (t: Anton, I like you)
Sweden
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
19:00
Andrzej Stasiuk on his journey through “Dojczland”
Poland
Venue: Babylon
19:30
Hans Joachim Schädlich and Kokoschkin’s journey through life
Germany
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
19:30
Angels, Trash, Love – New Romanian Literature III: T. O. Bobe and Svetlana Cârstean
Romania
Venue: Café Hilde
20:00
New German Voices
With Annika Scheffel, Mariana Leky and Nino Haratischwili
Venue: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Saal C
20:00
Ekkehard Maaß sings Bulat Okudshawa
Germany
Venue: Buchhändlerkeller
20:00
“Donbass-Sklaven” and “Schicksal der Donauschwaben”
Films by Günter Czernetzky
Venue: Literaturhaus Berlin, Kaminraum
20:00
Elisabeth Plessen on the romance between an architect and his student
Germany
Venue: Institut français de Berlin
20:15
Miloš Crnjanski
1893 Hungary –1977 Yugoslavia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
20:30
Passions – female authors from around the world
With Verena Auffermann, Ursula März and Elke Schmitter
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, hall
21:00
Anjum Hasan on moving away from a small town in India
India
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
21:00
When will this fucking war end? Ernst Jünger’s war diary 1914–1918
Julia Encke in conversation with Heimo Schwilk
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
21:00
Fuel and spirits: About intoxication
With Dieter Bachmann, Katja Lange-Müller, Sonja Margolina and Andrzej Stasiuk
Venue: Babylon

Fri 24 September 2010

09:00
Emily Gravett “Dogs” and other children’s books
United Kingdom
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
11:00
Julia Billet proves again in “Alors, partir?” (t: Go on?) to be a precise observer of social tensions in French society
France
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
13:00
Priya Basil reads from her current novel “The Obscure Logic of the Heart”
United Kingdom
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
16:00
Anilda Ibrahimi on life of a family in an Albanian mountain village
Italy/Albania
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
17:30
Noémi Kiss and the search for sex and identity
Hungary
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
19:00
Mohammad Hussain Mohammadis’s essay on the marks of war in Afghan society
Afghanistan
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
19:00
Marçal Aquino strikes it lucky in a northern Brazilian gold town
Brazil
Venue: Ibero-American Institute (IAI)
19:00
Michal Hvorecky about the life of a rent boy between Bratislava and Davos
Slovakia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
19:00
Reading with Christoph Wilhelm Aigner and Norbert Hummelt
Germany and Austria
Venue: Galerie Bernau
19:30
Eva Menasse on the trail of deadly sins in everyday life
Austria
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
20:00
Durs Grünbein’s journey to the Eternal City in verse and prose
Germany
Venue: Deutsches Theater Berlin, Kammerspiele
20:00
Scritture Giovani
With Dora Albanese, Catrin Dafydd, Stefania Mihalache and Clemens Setz
Venue: Stiftung Brandenburger Tor
20:00
Peer Steinbrück talks about the new shape of politics
Germany
Venue: Berliner Ensemble
20:15
Stanislaw Lem
1921 Lemberg – 2006 Cracow
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
20:30
What now? The future of Russian-Polish relations
With Viktor Jerofejew and Andrzej Stasiuk
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
21:00
Jochen Schmidt invites us on a sightseeing tour of the abysses of his existence
Germany
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
21:00
Javad Khavari reflects on life in an Afghan province in his romantic drama
Afghanistan
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
22:00
Concert: Karbido & Andruchowytsch – Idyllic folk and criminal jazz encounter cinnamon-coloured poetry
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Café Global

Sat 25 September 2010

13:00
New Kids on the Blog – Young Arab Literature on the Internet
With Ghazi Gheblawi, Hassan Blasim, Sudanese Thinker and Ghada Mohamed Mahmoud
Venue: Heinrich Böll Foundation
15:00
Oksana Sabuschko researches in the “Museum of Forgotten Secrets”
Ukraine
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
16:00
Sema Kaygusuz and the literary Guernica of a massacre in eastern Turkey
Turkey
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
16:30
Juri Andruchowytsch, the Ukrainian carnival and death in Venice
Ukraine
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
17:30
Prose, punk rock and PowerPoint in Jennifer Egan’s “A Visit from the Goon Squad”
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
17:30
Ramsan Kadyrov – “Hero of the Russian Federation”
With German Sadulajew, Ekkehard Maaß, Sarah Reinke and Anna Schor-Tschudnowskaja
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
18:30
Julia Kissina provokes in her texts, using the real absurd and fantastic
Russia/Germany
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
19:00
Dieter Bachmann and an elderly man who thinks a lot about the animal kingdom
Switzerland
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
19:00
German Sadulajew on the Chechen tragedy
Russia/Chechenia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
20:00
Literary inquiries from the Leo Baeck Institute
Venue: Buchhändlerkeller
20:00
Berlin − Turntable between east and west
With Michal Hvorecky, Noémi Kiss and Oksana Sabuschko
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 1
20:15
Witold Gombrowicz
1904 Poland – 1969 France
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Conference Room 2
20:30
Nicolai Lilin’s “Siberian Education” amongst the “honourable thieves”
Russia/Siberia
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Theatre
21:00
Moritz Rinke serves up an outrageous story
Germany
Venue: Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
22:00
Concert Milea & Chiciuc: An inventory against the world’s gloom
With Ada Milea and Romulus Chiciuc
Venue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Café Global
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