Literatures of the World

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Dresdner Bank

Ilija Trojanow (Bulgaria/Germany)
Presented by: Sigrid Löffler
Iljia Trojanow is at home in all the continents: like his role models Ryszard Kapuczinski and Egon Erwin Kisch, he is happiest when travelling. What Trojanow explains goes far beyond the beauty of landscapes or the foreignness of customs. He explains how people live: in an Africa that never rests, in Indian mega-cities that surpass all notions or in other Asian countries, that have been struck by natural disasters and are threatened by political unrest. Curious, open-minded, critical and self-critical – with Ilija Trojanow, one sees the world in a different light.
Closed Event

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Haus der Berliner Festspiele | Seitenbühne

Natalka Sniadanko (Ukraine)
Presented by: Bernhard Robben
Sniadanko’s novel “Collection of Passions” has cult status in the Ukraine. The story, tinged with traces of the author’s autobiography, tells of the emotional states that the young Oljessa experiences in a fresh tone and with satirical cadence. Both curious and headstrong, the adolescent explores the possibilities that life opens up to her.

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Haus der Berliner Festspiele | Seitenbühne

Milton Hatoum (Brazil)
Presented by: Michi Strausfeld
Reader: Roland Schäfer
In his third novel, "Cinzas do Norte", Hatoum tells the story of two friends – the artistically inclined son of an entrepreneur, Mundo, who rebels against the military regime and his hateful father, and the orphan boy Olavo, who follows the path to becoming a lawyer. In this account of the lives of two Brazilian boys, the author also portraits the history of his country over several decades and condemns the dictatorship and the modernisation it has forced upon Brazil.