In December and February, “Lesewelt” literature association in St. Johann will organize readings by outstanding and award-winning authors Tanja Maljartschuk and Norbert Gstrein.
On December 06, 2022, Tanja Maljartschuk reads from her book "Blauwaal der Erinnerung"
Tanja Maljartschuk is a Ukrainian-born author who writes in both Ukrainian and, more recently, German. is one of the most prolific and audacious young authors currently writing in Ukrainian, with a hallmark style blending searing social commentary with heartwarming humor and an appreciation for the human condition. She has been awarded the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize.
On February 28, 2023, Norbert Gstrein reads from his book " Vier Tage, drei Nächte"
Norbert Gstrein is an Austrian writer. He was born in Tirol and studied mathematics in Innsbruck, Stanford and Erlangen. His novels and stories have met with universal acclaim for their formal brilliance in which the design of reality becomes transparent. Close observation and precisely drawn details merge in complex yet well-balanced sentences to provide descriptions which, in an interplay with chronology and narrative perspective, increasingly become a matter of interpretation. The modes of expression available to language all seem to fall short of the existential dimensions of reality. Gstrein often makes use of a necessary yet honest failure to oppose a premature and sympathetic assimilation of reality.
He is the author of more than a dozen books, including “Winters in the South”, translated into English by Anthea Bell and Julian Evans, and “A Sense of the Beginning”, translated by Julian Evans. Among his numerous awards are the Alfred Döblin Prize and the Uwe Johnson Prize.
On December 06, 2022, Tanja Maljartschuk reads from her book "Blauwaal der Erinnerung" Tanja Maljartschuk is a Ukrainian-born author who…
