The Gorki Theatre is hosting the reading Speechless Defending Language for Ukraine (Sprachlos die Sprache verteidigen LESEN FÜR DIE UKRAINE) on Saturday, February 26th, 2022. The reading is free of charge and can also be followed via livestream.
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“Those in Ukraine at the mercy of Russian aggression have our sympathy and support. In Russia, citizens harassed by repression watch in despair as a crime is committed in their name against their closest neighbours. In Belarus, they see Ukraine invaded from their territory.
We are looking for words in war. Words that will help us to come out of this abyss. Words of truth that we share with our friends and colleagues in Eastern Europe.
This afternoon we will hear literary voices from Ukraine, but also from Russia and Belarus, read in German translation by authors from Berlin.”
Texts by:
Juri Andruchowytsch, Yevgenia Belorusets, Juri Durkot, Elena Fanajlowa, Alissa Ganijewa, Artur Klinau, Kateryna Mishchenko, Valzhyna Mort, Katja Petrowskaja, Sasha Marianna Salzmann, Maria Stepanova, Serhij Zhadan
Read by:
Nora Bossong, Max Czollek, Julia Franck, Durs Grünbein, Yurij Gurzhy, Joachim Helfer, Dmitrij Kapitelman, Enis Maci, Herta Müller, Karl Schlögel, Uljana Wolf, Deniz Yücel
WHEN?
Saturday, Februar 26th, 4 pm
COST?
Free of charge
WHERE?
Maxim Gorki Theater
Am Festungsgraben 2
10117 Berlin-Mitte
