Discussion and readings between the Klopstock prizewinners and Dr Ute Pott
Participation for EU civil servants and ministerial officials from the Permanent Representations of the EU Member States and interested parties.
Together with Minister of State Rainer Robra, Head of the State Chancellery and Minister for Culture, the Goethe-Institut is hosting a reading to mark the 300th anniversary of Klopstock as part of the European Network German programme.
To mark the anniversary year of the important poet and writer of the Enlightenment Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, there will be a reading in Brussels with three prizewinners from previous years: Angela Steidele (main prize 2023), Marlen Pelny (sponsorship prize 2022) and Annett Gröschner (main prize 2021).
The Klopstock Prize for New Literature is Saxony-Anhalt's highest honour for outstanding literary achievements and has been awarded annually since 2015. The prize is divided into a main prize and a sponsorship prize for up-and-coming authors.
The poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803), who was born 300 years ago in Quedlinburg, was the first literary star in the German-speaking world and a new founder of German poetry. He faced up to the competition on the then new free literary market with a clever little work policy. Klopstock sought to revolutionise language - through new grammar and spelling - and poetry - through new rhythms and verse metres.
Programme
18:15 Admission
18:30 Greeting
Katrin Schmidt, Representative for the programme Euroanetzwerk Deutsch
Carmen Johannsen, Head of the Representation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt to the EU
18:40 ‘The Klopstock Anniversary’ Dr Ute Pott,
Director Gleimhaus, Museum of the German Enlightenment
18:50 Discussion and reading with Angela Steidele
19:10 Discussion and reading with Marlen Pelny
19:30 Talk and reading with Annett Gröschner
19:50 Gröschner, Steidele and Pelny in conversation
20:10 Stand-up reception
21:00 End of the event
The event will be moderated by Dr Ute Pott, Director of the Gleimhaus and member of the Klopstock e.V. board.
If you are interested, we kindly ask you to register by 6 June 2024.
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