Clemens Meyer: „Die Projektoren“

In the organizer's words:

From Leipzig to Belgrade, from the GDR to the People's Republic of Yugoslavia, from screen spectacles to adventure novels. Relentless and fast-paced, "The Projectors" tells the story of our present being crushed by the past - and of incomparable characters: in the Velebit Mountains, a former partisan experiences the adventurous filming of the Winnetou films. Decades later, the brutal battles of the Yugoslavian wars take place in these very same places - in the midst of it all, a group of young right-wing radicals from Dortmund are forced to experience the futility of their ideology. An epic about Europe's crises and the art of storytelling.

Clemens Meyer (*1977 in Halle / Saale) lives in Leipzig. His debut novel "Als wir träumten" was published in 2006, followed by short stories, collections of short stories and novels, for which he received numerous prizes, including the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. Die Projektoren is on the shortlist for the German Book Prize 2024.

Moderation: Emily Grunert (Head of Literaturbüro NRW)

In cooperation with Kultur am Rhein Düsseldorfer Volksbühne e.V. and Düsseldorf Central Library

Price information:

Admission: 12 € / 10 € for members of the Düsseldorfer Volksbühne. Tickets only via the Volksbühne: 0211/552568, info@kulturamrhein.de