Goethe-Institut in Exile:
Literatures in Exile: Mariam Meetra & Julia Cimafiejeva
DI 5.3, 20H ACUD Studio
Free entrance
English
In Goethe-Institut in Exile’s new event series „Literatures in Exile“, two authors from different backgrounds will present their works and discuss their experiences of exile.
In addition to readings in the original language and translations, there will be a moderated discussion with the artists about their work and the opportunities and challenges for literature in exile.
The series will be opened by the poets Mariam Meetra from Afghanistan and Julia Cimafiejeva from Belarus. Both countries represent current country focuses of the Goethe-Institut in Exile. The event will take place in the Lettrétage at Kunsthaus ACUD and will be moderated by Martin Jankowski (Stadtsprachen Magazine).
What do the work, experiences and realities of authors who have had to leave their home countries due to war or political repression and now live in Berlin or Germany look like? In regular evening events in the Literatures in Exile series, two authors from different countries present their texts and discuss their experiences of exile as well as opportunities and challenges in the (German) literary scene.
The focus will be on the mediation and examination of the writers' artistic positions and works. In addition, structural questions will also be discussed, such as the connection to literary and artistic scenes, language and translation challenges or the examination of identity and artistic creation in a new environment.
Credits: Mariam Meetra © privat, Julia Cimafiejeva © Alhierd Bacharevič.