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International Literary Festival Erich Fried Days

c/o Literaturhaus Wien / Literature House Vienna
Seidengasse 13
1070 Vienna
Tel: +43(0)1 526 20 44 0
friedtage@literaturhaus.at

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Festival Opening | Exhibition Opening

Short readings by • Friederike Mayröcker (A) • Robert Schindel (A) | Keynote • Aminatta Forna (SLE/GB) • What’s Your Story? Narrative, Resilience and Hope | Introduction & Moderation • Anne Zauner

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Focus Prose & Poetry

Exhibit • Rainer Merkel and • Claudius Lazzeroni | Book presentation • Dima Wannous (SYR/GB) • a al-Khaifoun (The Frightened Ones, trans. Elisabeth Jaquette, Harvill Secker forthcoming) | Presentation • Claudia Rankine (JAM/USA) • Multimedia presentation based on Citizen: An American Lyric (2014)

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Focus Mystery & Thriller

Young Student Literary Competition | Exhibit • Teresa Präauer (A) | Lecture, Discussion & Reading • John Connolly (IRL) | Book presentation • Joseph Incardona (CH) • Derrière les panneaux, il y a des hommes (Asphalt Jungle) (Lenos 2019) | Book presentation • Jeong Yu-jeong (KOR) • Jong-ui Giwon (The Good Son, Penguin 2018)

Friday, November 29, 2019

Debatten-Tag

Workshop • The Transparent Translator with • Ali Abdollahi (IRN), • Aurélie Maurin (F), • Valentina Di Rosa (I), • Arild Vange (NOR) | Exhibit • Kathrin Röggla | Literary prologues • Jörg Uwe Albig (D) • Zornfried (Klett-Cotta 2019) • Sherko Fatah (D/IRQ) • Schwarzer September (Black September) (Luchterhand 2019) | Debate 1 with • Jörg Uwe Albig (D), • Julia Ebner (A/GB) and • Sherko Fatah (D/IRQ) | Preview • Josef Haslinger (A) • Mein Fall (My Case) (S. Fischer 2020) • Lecture • Ariadne von Schirach (D) • Raus aus der psychotischen Gesellschaft. Wie wir Angst und Ohnmacht überwinden (The psychotic society: How we overcome fear and helplessness) • Debate 2 with • Josef Haslinger (A), • Kathrin Röggla (A/D) and • Ariadne von Schirach (D)

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Focus Graphic Novel

Graphic Novel presentation • Olivia Vieweg (D) • Endzeit (Carlsen 2018) / Antigone (Carlsen 2019) | Graphic Novel presentation • Emily Carroll (CAN) • Through the Woods (Faber & Faber 2015) / When I Arrived at the Castle (Koyama Press 2019) | Presentation & Talk • Joe Sacco (USA/MLT) • Chris Ware (USA)

Sunday, December 1, 2019

The Erich Fried Prize 2019 goes to • Steffen Mensching