In the organizer's words:
Author reading: "The world between the news"
Book premiere Judith Kuckart reads from her new novel
About the content: I was born on June 17, the day of German reunification, and grew up in a pink house next to a washing machine factory. I remained the only child. On June 2, 1967, I sat in front of the news in my children's ballet leotard. Benno Ohnesorg had been shot. In 1977, when Baader, Ensslin and Raspe were still alive in Stammheim, my grandmother, an assembly line worker in a factory for plastic baby bathtubs, gave me 1,000 DM for my A-levels: Do something with it, she said, and put a jar of artificial honey in the savings account.1989 was the last time I was on stage as a dancer. An important and shy publisher was sitting in the audience and said: You could write a novel sometime, Judith. On June 17, 2023, I still don't know the title of my new novel. But I know I still have twenty great summers ahead of me from now on - right?
[Judith Kuckart's] book [is] a wonderful homage to storytelling itself.
Joachim Scholl, DEUTSCHLANDFUNK KULTUR
Judith Kuckart finds a literary form for her memoirs that is second to none.
Welf Grombacher, FREIE PRESSE
About the author:
Judith Kuckart, born in Schwelm (Westphalia) in 1959, lives as a writer and director in Berlin. She published the novel "Lenas Liebe" (2002) with DuMont, which was made into a film in 2012. Her novel "Kaiserstraße" was shortlisted for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2006 and her novel "Wünsche" was longlisted for the German Book Prize in 2013. Most recently, "Café der Unsichtbaren" (2022) was published. Judith Kuckart has been awarded numerous literary prizes and scholarships.
Photo: Burkhard Peter
Judith Kuckart reads from her new novel. With opportunity for discussion.
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