5 pm Club lounge of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 5/3 euros


With Julián Herbert Mexico
Hosted by Timo Berger author, Berlin

Kindly supported by The Mandala Hotel

6.30 pm Club lounge of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 5/3 euros

With Marta Podgórnik Poland Piotr Sommer Poland and Anja Utler Germany
Hosted by Uljana Wolf author, Berlin/New York

Kindly supported by the Artists-in-Berlin programme of the DAAD, the Polish Institute in Berlin and the Foundation for German-Polish Co-operation. Projekt wspierany przez Fundacje Współpracy Polsko-Niemieckiej

6.30 pm Instituto Cervantes

Joan Brossa is one of the most outstanding visual poetry artists. The exhibition features visual poems, installations, books, newspapers, object poems, photo poems and posters by the Catalan artist. Mon–Thu, noon–17pm; Fri noon–6pm. Until 21 August. Free entry.

An Instituto Cervantes event of the poesiefestival berlin

8 pm Studio of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 8/5 euros

With Tadeusz Dąbrowski Poland and Brigitte Oleschinski Germany / Roman Honet Poland and Steffen Popp Germany / Marzanna Bogumiła Kielar Poland und Anja Utler Germany / Adam Wiedemann Poland and Henning Ahrens Germany
Hosted by Tomasz Dąbrowski Polish Institute in Berlin and Thomas Wohlfahrt Literaturwerkstatt Berlin

Biographies

In co-operation with the Polish Institute in Berlin. Kindly supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH [German Agency for Technical Co-operation] and the Foundation for German-Polish Co-operation. Projekt wspierany przez Fundacje Współpracy Polsko-Niemieckiej.

10 pm Hall 1 of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 6/4 euros

With Eugen Gomringer Rehau Kerstin Hensel Berlin and Jan Wagner Berlin. 

There have been sonnets since the Middle Ages, crowns of sonnets, too. They are still being written today, the traditional form acting over and again as the inspiration for new verse. Three crowns of sonnets can be heard during this evening and their authors will be explaining why this strict art form is still current in society today.