PoesieFest 2026 Ursula Krechel und Nasima S. Razizadeh

September 5, 2026, Sat., 4:00 p.m.  
Ursula Krechel. *Die da*. Poems, Jung und Jung Verlag. Reading and discussion. Moderated by Rudolf Müller.
Nasima S. Razizadeh, *Entschwebung*. Wallstein Verlag. Reading and discussion. Moderated by Frieda Paris.

Ursula Krechel. *Die da*. Selected Poems. Jung und Jung Verlag.
The poems keenly observe the ways people coexist and clash, engage with the presence of history, and cast a precise, often suspicious gaze on love, travel, aging, and death. Krechel’s voice is characterized by painful precision, prose-like long lines, and a great delight in linguistic detail.

Nasima S. Razizadeh. *Entschwüfung*. Wallstein Verlag
With *Entschwebung*, Nasima Sophia Razizadeh—a biologist by training who was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1991—presents her second collection of poetry. Among other themes, the collection centers on transitions, thresholds, and states of in-between. The poems revolve around moments of letting go and holding fast, around movement and perception. Language appears less as a means of fixing meaning than as a space in which meaning remains in limbo. (Buchkultur, February 2026)