Teatime reading with tea, coffee and pastries | Moderation: Ulrika Rinke (Literaturhaus Rostock)
In the early 1980s, a woman strolls through East Berlin after work because she doesn't want to be the first one home. In Moscow, a writer is supposed to portray the prima ballerina Ulanova, waits days for a meeting and then experiences something unexpected. A child breathes in for the first time, a grandmother breathes out for the last time. And a woman in her middle years tries to come to terms with a cancer diagnosis.
These "stories of transition" tell of longing and wanderlust, of dictatorship and inner freedom, of being human and remaining human.
Helga Schubert, born in Berlin in 1940, was a psychotherapist and writer in the GDR. She withdrew from the literary public eye until she won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2020. Her most recent book was "Der heutige Tag. A Book of Hours of Love"; Helga Schubert was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit and the MV State Culture Prize in 2024.
Advance booking: €10/€5 reduced for schoolchildren & WarnowPass holders, plus fee at mvticket.de/press center.
Box office: €14/€10 reduced.
Students of the University of Rostock/hmt Rostock free with the AStA culture ticket. Registration: reservierung@literaturhaus-rostock.de
Venue: Literaturhaus Rostock (in the Peter-Weiss-Haus), Doberaner Str. 21, 18057 Rostock
A cooperation event of Heinrich Böll Foundation MV and Literaturhaus Rostock.
