Europa im Original – Was bedeutet es, Mensch zu sein?

What does Europe sound like these days? What voices, questions, and stories are currently shaping our continent’s literary landscape? The Goethe-Institut, the Institut français, the Instituto Cervantes, and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura invite you—for the fifth time!—to an international literary gathering under the open sky.

On the first Friday in July, until dusk, renowned European authors will read from their latest works and discuss what it means to be human in the garden of the Institut français. Afterward, the audience will have the opportunity to chat with the authors in a relaxed setting over a drink.

5:30 p.m.: First panel

Markus Ostermair(Germany),Kseniya Fuchs(Ukraine), andAlessandro Bertante(Italy)

Moderator:Niels Beintker(Bayerischer Rundfunk)

7:30 p.m.: Second panel

 Elena Medel(Spain) andEmilia Roig(France)

Moderator:Constanze Álvarez(Bayerischer Rundfunk)

In the original language with German translation.

TheCentro Españolwill provide a selection of dishes and beverages, and during the breaks, Damien Bagarry will provide musical accompaniment on the piano.

Thismultifaceted literary eveningis an event organized by EUNIC Munich, a community of European cultural institutes in Munich founded in 2020 and part of the global EUNIC network—European Union National Institutes for Culture. In collaboration with theGoethe-Institut Munich,the Institut français Munich,the Instituto Cervantes Munich, andthe Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Monaco di Baviera. As we have done every year since 2022, we are delighted to once again invite an author from Ukraine to participate in our event this year.

Free admission; no registration required.