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A literary revue presents some of the most exciting voices from the Western Balkans: Rumena Bužarovs – ka, Diana Çuli, Barbara Delać, Lejla Kalamujić, Barbi Marković and Adelina Tërshani perform new poetry and prose. Their texts are sometimes playfully curious, sometimes feminist and angry, but they are never boring. In the interval between the readings, Ane Paška will give a concert performance in which theater, music, text, and video merge into a unique art form.
With Rumena Bužarovska, Diana Çuli, Barbara Delać, Lejla Kalamujić, Barbi Marković, Ane Paška, Adelina Tërshani
Moderated by Mima Simić
Curated by KROKODIL Engaging Words from Belgrade.
Co-funded by the European Union.
The event will be held in English with readings in many languages with English subtitles.
A literary revue presents some of the most exciting voices from the Western Balkans: Rumena Bužarovs – ka, Diana Çuli, Barbara Delać, Lejla Kalamujić, Barbi Marković and Adelina Tërshani perform new poetry and prose. Their texts are sometimes playfully curious, sometimes feminist and angry, but they are never boring. In the interval between the readings, Ane Paška will give a concert performance in which theater, music, text, and video merge into a unique art form.
With Rumena Bužarovska, Diana Çuli, Barbara Delać, Lejla Kalamujić, Barbi Marković, Ane Paška, Adelina Tërshani
Moderated by Mima Simić
Curated by KROKODIL Engaging Words from Belgrade.
Co-funded by the European Union.
The event will be held in English with readings in many languages with English subtitles.


![FESTIVAL OPENING 25.ilb (EN)
Deutsch: https://youtube.com/live/J4f27UaQvv4?feature=share
Welcoming Address
Matthias Pees [Director of the Berliner Festspiele]
Introduction
Lavinia Frey [Festival Director ilb]
Greetings
Wolfram Weimer [Minister of State for Culture and the Media]
Opening Speech »BREATHING IN UNISON«
Cristina Rivera Garza, Curator in Residence
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Cristina Rivera Garza opens the 25th ilb with a promise: : »In addition to conveying stories, writing connects body to body through concrete detail. We breathe in unison as we read. A festival is, in this sense, a gust of fresh air—what we need the most in these asphyxiating times.«
Musical performance by Susie Ibarra
This event was held in German and English with simultaneous interpretation by Milena Adam.
Our Website: https://literaturfestival.com/
Our Instagram-Account: https://www.instagram.com/ilb_festival/ FESTIVAL OPENING 25.ilb (EN)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GtN4KY3ElkU/mqdefault.jpg)
![Postsoviet Cosmopolis – Yevgenia Belorusets: Anfang des Krieges. Tagebücher aus Kiew
Die Fotografin und Schriftstellerin erlebte den russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine vom Beginn bis zu ihrer Ausreise nach Deutschland Anfang April 2022 mit. Tagsüber streifte sie durch die Straßen von Kiew und dokumentierte in einem Tagebuch und in Fotos den Alltag der Menschen – dabei verweigert sie bewusst eine polarisierende Kriegssprache. »Als ich dieses Tagebuch begann, war ich überzeugt davon, dass ich es nur einige Tage lang führen würde. Experten vermuten, dass der Krieg noch Jahre dauern kann. Jeder Tag dieses Kriegs ist einer zu viel.« [SPIEGEL]
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The photographer and writer witnessed the Russian attack on Ukraine from its beginning until she left for Germany in early April 2022. During the day, she roamed the streets of Kyiv, documenting people’s daily lives in diary entries and photographs – deliberately refusing to use polarizing war language. »When I started this diary, I was convinced that I would only keep it for a few days. Experts suggest that the war may go on for years. Every day of this war is one too many« [SPIEGEL].
Purchase the book via: https://www.kulturkaufhaus.de/de/detail/ISBN-9783751808064/Belorusets-Yevgenia/Anfang-des-Krieges?wt_mc=koop.ma_product.yt.ilb2022.
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![Helga Schubert: Vom Aufstehen – Ein Leben in Geschichten [dt.]
Helga Schubert erschreibt sich in den knapp dreißig kunstvollen Prosastücken »Vom Aufstehen« eine »ästhetisch suggestive Autobiographie« [FAZ] und lässt in Momentaufnahmen, Meditationen, Bekenntnissen und Protokollen die familiären und historisch-politischen Verwerfungen eines deutsch¬-deutschen Lebens aufscheinen. Literatur als »Wärmestrom« [FAZ], als Versöhnung mit der Schicksalhaftigkeit eines steinigen Lebenswegs.
Moderation: Gabriele von Arnim Helga Schubert: Vom Aufstehen – Ein Leben in Geschichten [dt.]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HvG0lGCQUrc/mqdefault.jpg)


