Reading & discussion as part of the program "Women in Divided Germany" | Moderation: Dr. Steffi Brüning (DuG)
Her Stasi files describe Uta as "tall", "slim", "very intelligent, sometimes also very sophisticated". They call her "manly" and note that she "smokes a lot and also consumes a lot of alcohol". But is that all there is to it? How can you describe a person full of hope and lust who gets caught up in the contradictions of her time?
Uta was a sex worker in the GDR and the East for over forty years. Targeted by the state security service since 1971, she was both perpetrator and victim. In Clemens Böckmann's disturbing novel, he, she and the files recount a life together. There is no truth about the GDR or the exploitation of women - but there is attention for a person forgotten by everyone.
Clemens Böckmann is a filmmaker, editor and author. "Was Du kriegen kannst" is his debut novel, which was awarded the Jürgen Ponto Foundation Literature Prize.
Advance booking: €7 plus fee (press center/mvticket.de) (advance booking starts in August!)
AK: 10 €/7 €* reduced.
*Discount for WarnowPass holders, pupils, severely disabled persons
Students free with AStA-Kulturticket. Registration: reservierung@literaturhaus-rostock.de
Location: Rostock Documentation and Memorial Center (DuG) Rostock, Grüner Weg
Organizer: Documentation and Memorial Site in the Former State Security Detention Center Rostock/LpB M-V, Heinrich Böll Foundation MV, Literaturhaus Rostock
