THE READING IS SOLD OUT IN ADVANCE. THERE ARE A FEW REMAINING TICKETS AT THE BOX OFFICE.

On Wednesday, April 23 at 7.30 pm, John von Düffel will be a guest at the Literaturhaus and will talk to Eva Schmidt about his book "Ich möchte lieber nichts".

In a society of abundance, renouncing consumption is considered rebellion. With "Ich möchte lieber nichts", John von Düffel picks up the thread of his life-philosophical book "Das Wenige und das Wesentliche" (The Few and the Essentials) and uses it to continue the central question: How do we live properly? What things do we need? How many? Von Düffel locates himself in a world of consumers, works out social considerations of class and consumption and yet remains thoughtful in the mirror of freedom and independence.

JOHN VON DÜFFEL was born in 1966 and works as a dramaturge and writer. His works have been awarded numerous prizes, including the aspekte Literature Prize in 1998 and the Nicolas Born Prize in 2006.

THE READING IS SOLD OUT IN ADVANCE. THERE ARE A FEW REMAINING TICKETS AT THE BOX OFFICE.

On Thursday, April 24 at 7.30 pm, Ursula Krechel will present her novel "Sehr geehrte Frau Ministerin" in conversation with Björn Hayer at the Literaturhaus.

A Roman emperor's mother, a student councilor and a saleswoman in a small herbal empire: all women whose lives are marked by violence suffered and practiced. It is about unhealthy relationships between mothers and sons, physical infirmities and the feeling of powerlessness that they try to resist. With "Sehr geehrte Frau Ministerin", Ursula Krechel presents a highly political, stylistically outstanding novel on the cultural history of women, whose topicality reaches back to antiquity.

URSULA KRECHEL, born in 1947, is one of the most important German-language writers. Her work includes numerous poems, novels, essays and radio plays. She has received numerous awards, including the Orphil Poetry Prize (2012), the German Book Prize (2012) and the Jean Paul Prize (2020).

On Monday, April 28, Ulrike Draesner will be talking to Beate Tröger (DLF and FAZ) about her book "zu lieben" at the Literaturhaus at 7.30 pm.

Ulrike Draesner's latest book oscillates between novel and autobiographical narrative and explores the themes of motherhood, origins and family in a multifaceted, profound and very personal way. It tells the story of a couple who adopt a child from Sri Lanka. The girl finds it difficult to allow contact, the change of homelands is too great at first. But while the love between mother and child gradually grows, it begins to break down between the couple.

ULRIKE DRAESNER was born in 1962 and is one of the most important and versatile authors of our time. She has received numerous awards for her work. In 2009, she held the Wiesbaden poetry lectureship "Junge Autor:innen" and received the Orphil Poetry Prize from the state capital of Wiesbaden in 2016 and the Grand Prize of the German Literature Fund in 2021.