Autor*innentreffen im Literarischen Colloquium Berlin

Eastern Europe occupies a strange place in the symbolic structure known as "Europe": Although part of the continent, it has not found inclusion in the much-invoked European "we". Eastern Europe is always what "we" are not. A place of violence and political crises. This became clear once again during the demonstrations in Belarus in 2020/21 and with Russia's expansion of the war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. At the same time, the image of white, Christian, female refugees dominated reporting in this country, as if it were a reflection of our own racist assumptions. This contrasts with an Eastern European reality that is historically and currently characterized by the coexistence of different people and nations. A place that has more to do with pluralistic German society than it sometimes seems. That is why authors are invited to a meeting that aims to make this clear: The literature being created in Germany today cannot be separated from realities beyond its geographical borders. A conversation about writing the present together.

https://www.hkw.de/programme/utopie-osteuropa

The program on Friday:

Keynote: Yevgenia Belorusets
Followed by readings by Gintaras Grajauskas, Uljana Wolf, Necati Öziri, Ivana Sajko, Anastasiia Kosodii and Yuriy Gurzhi
Moderation: Max Czollek and Sasha Marianna Salzmann

The program on Saturday:

Keynote: Mely Kiyak
Followed by readings by Anna Hetzer, Julia Cimafiejeva, Krzysztof Siwczyk, Miruna Vlada, and Deniz Utlu
Moderation: Max Czollek and Sasha Marianna Salzmann

Both events will be held in English.