Literatur zur Lage: Autor:innen in der Aren. Schreiben über Sport und Spektakel

In the organizer's words:

In the series "Literature on the situation"

Karl Valentin was speechless: "I've never seen such a crowd," wrote the Munich satirist in 1927: "A direct migration of people from the city to the soccer pitch." He followed the crowd and was disillusioned: "The game ended with the victory of one party - the other party had lost the victory. It was predictable that this would happen." Events like those described by the satirist also took place this year - in Germany at the European Football Championships and in Paris at the Olympic Games. Unlike Valentin, however, writers have always been inspired by enthusiasm for sport.

How did they write about it? What words do they find for the action on the pitch? And what dark sides do they see in the euphoria of the masses? NDR culture editor Jan Ehlert talks about this with the author Moritz Rinke, who is not only a passionate sportsman but has also written numerous books about soccer.

The texts by Tacitus, Johanna Schopenhauer and Franz Kafka , among others, will be read by actress Marta Dittrich.

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