SHORT STORY NIGHT im Filmhaus

In the organizer's words:

Moderator: Änne Seidel

The Short Story Night combines high-quality literary and exciting short stories with a relaxed atmosphere: Welcome to a special movie night at Cologne's Filmhaus!

We look forward to five short stories by five wonderful authors!

About the authors:

Lana Lux is a German-language writer, illustrator and presenter of Ukrainian-Jewish origin. She was born in Dnipro in 1986, emigrated to the Ruhr region in 1996 and has lived in Berlin since 2010. Her debut novel Kukolka was published in 2017, her second novel Jägerin und Sammlerin in 2020 and her third novel Geordnete Verhältnisse followed in 2024 with Hanser Berlin.

Jakob Nolte, born in 1988, grew up in Barsinghausen am Deister. His plays have won several awards and have been performed on numerous stages in Europe. His debut novel ALFF was awarded the Kunstpreis Literatur 2016. His novel Schreckliche Gewalten was nominated for the German Book Prize in 2017. He is co-curator of the website tegelmedia.net and lives in Berlin. Kurzes Buch über Tobias is his first book published by Suhrkamp Verlag.

JULIANNA (Julia Knaß & Anna Neuwirth), living in Graz, Bad Vöslau and Berlin, write about cracks, jellyfish, daddies and mostly together. They are on the editorial board of the literary magazine mischen. Publications in magazines (including Archipel, Bella Triste, perspektive and Hot Topic). SUKULTUR Ist das 1 Literatur was published in 2021 and DADDY in 2024. When they're not writing, they're sending nudes.

Gerrit Wustmann, *1982 in Cologne, is a freelance writer, journalist & translator. He has published 14 books as an author & editor and has received several awards for his work. Most recently, his story collection "Nichts daran ist witzig" (Bremen 2023) and his translation of Steve Rasnic Tem's short stories "Das langsame Fallen von Staub an einem ruhigen Ort" (Hamburg 2024) were published.

Doris Konradi lives and works as a freelance author in Cologne. She publishes novels, short stories and short prose. Most recently, her novel "Aber die Insel" (2022) and the short story collection "Die Hühneresserin" (2024) were published by Elsinor Verlag. She has been working in interdisciplinary art projects with artists from other disciplines for years. This has resulted in performances, exhibitions and the publications "Am Rand der Haut" (published by wortschau Verlag in 2020) and "Perpetuum - ein Text-Bild-Journal (2021 Edition Melos) with drawings by Dorissa Lem. She has received numerous prizes and scholarships for her work. Including scholarships from the Kunststiftung NRW and the state of NRW. Förderpreis zum Literaturpreis Ruhr (2017) and the erostepost-Literaturpreis (2023).

SHORT STORY NIGHT is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW, the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne and the Kunststiftung NRW. Thank you very much for your support!