Neustart Kultur Presents

LitFest: Broken German and Sad Guests

LitFest: Writing Between Languages is a multi-day event featuring readers from Berlin-based writers pushing linguistic boundries. On Thursday, November 17, Tomer Gardi and Matthias Nawrat will deliver readings from their work. Both authors were born outside of Germany but now live in Berlin and write in German. Additionally, current BCB students will share their original fiction and translated works.

The evening's activities will take place in the Waldstraße 15 café. The student readings will begin at 6pm. The Gardi and Nawrat readings will begin at 8pm. This event is free and open to the public. No advanced registration is required.

Tomer Gardi

Tomer Gardi, geboren 1974 im Kibbuz Dan in Galiläa, lebt in Berlin. Er studierte Literatur und Erziehungswissenschaft in Tel Aviv und Berlin. 2016 erschien sein Debütroman Broken German. Das Hörspiel zu Broken German (SWR-Produktion, Regie: Noam Brusilovsky) erhielt 2017 den Deutschen Hörspielpreis der ARD. Für seinen dritten Roman Eine runde Sache erhielt Tomer Gardi den Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse 2022. Er schreibt auf Deutsch.

Tomer Gardi was born in 1974 in the Kibbutz Dan in the Galilee. He studied literature and education in Tel Aviv and Berlin. His debut novel Broken German was published in 2016. The radio play for Broken German (an SWR production, directed by Noam Brusilovsky) received the ARD German Radio Play Award in 2017. For his third novel Eine runde Sache, Tomer Gardi received the 2022 Leipzig Book Fair Prize. He writes in German.

Matthias Nawrat

Matthias Nawrat, 1979 im polnischen Opole geboren, emigrierte als Zehnjähriger mit seiner Familie nach Bamberg. Für seinen Debütroman Wir zwei allein (2012) erhielt er den Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Förderpreis; sein zweiter Roman, Unternehmer (2014), war für den Deutschen Buchpreis nominiert. Der traurige Gast (2019) war unter anderem für den Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse nominiert. 2020 erhielt Matthias Nawrat den Literaturpreis der Europäischen Union. 2021 erschien Reise nach Maine, sein fünfter Roman. Er schreibt auf Deutsch.

Matthias Nawrat was born in Opole, Poland, in 1979. When he was ten years old, he emigrated to Bamberg with his family. He received the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize for his debut novel Wir zwei allein (2012); his second novel, Unternehmer (2014), was nominated for the German Book Prize. His fourth novel, Der traurige Gast (2019) was nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize, among others. In 2020, Matthias Nawrat received the European Union Prize for Literature. In 2021, Reise nach Maine, his fifth novel, was published. He writes in German.

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Time: 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm CET/GMT+1

Location: W15 Cafe

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