Von der Liebe, die keine ist: Mit Clara Leinemann und Dana von Suffrin

In the organizer's words:

The most dangerous monsters have no names. They are hidden in news stories and pet names, they grow in secret. When they come to the surface, admiration turns into a power play, intimacy into control and harmless tests of strength into violence. Clara Leinemann (Yellow Monsters) and Dana von Suffrin (Toxibaby) tell of relationships caught between intoxicating love and emotional dependency. Where does closeness end and self-abandonment begin?

Two authors, two new novels and a conversation about how such dynamics arise, why they are so difficult to recognize and how literature makes them visible.

Clara Leinemann, born in Cologne in 1994, studied creative writing in Hildesheim and writes prose, drama and radio plays. Her play Buddeln has won several awards and has been performed in theaters in Germany and in translation in the Netherlands. She has received various scholarships for her work, including the Berlin Senate Scholarship and the working scholarship from the Fritz Hüser Institute for Literature and Work.

Dana von Suffrin, born in Munich in 1985, studied in Munich, Naples and Jerusalem. She completed her doctorate in 2017 with a thesis on the role of science and ideology in early Zionism. She has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Klaus Michael Kühne Prize (2019), the Ernst Hoferichter Prize (2020), the Friedrich Hölderlin Prize (2020), the Tukan Prize (2024) and the Chamisso Prize (2025).

Moderation: Emily Grunert (Literaturbüro NRW)

An event in cooperation with the Wuppertal Literature Biennale 2026.