Reading & discussion as part of the LiteraTOUR Nord | Moderation: Dr. Stephan Lesker (University of Rostock)
In the 1950s, a vacation resort is being built on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast: Goldstrand, planned as a place in the sun for everyone. Eli is conceived on the construction site. Sixty years later, he has long since celebrated his greatest successes as a film director and is lying on his dottoressa's couch in Rome. He speculates and fantasizes about his family history, which spans an entire century and across the European continent, from Odessa to Constantinople and Varna in Bulgaria to Rome.
Katerina Poladjan was born in Moscow, grew up in Rome and Vienna and lives in Germany. She writes theater texts and essays, her prose debut "In einer Nacht, woanders" was followed by "Vielleicht Marseille" and together with Henning Fritsch she wrote the literary travelogue "Hinter Sibirien". She was nominated for the Alfred Döblin Prize as well as the European Prize of Literature and took part in the Days of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt in 2015. She received scholarships from the German Literature Fund, the Berlin Senate and the Tarabya Cultural Academy in Istanbul for "Hier sind Löwen". In 2021, she was awarded the Nelly Sachs Prize of the City of Dortmund. With "Zukunftsmusik", Katerina Poladjan was shortlisted for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2022 and was awarded the Rheingau Literature Prize 2022. Katerina Poladjan was honored with the "Grand Prize of the German Literature Fund" in 2025.
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Venue:andere buchhandlung, Wismarsche Str. 6/7, 18057 Rostock
In cooperation with andere buchhandlung and the University of Rostock.
The Literaturhaus Rostock is funded by the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock and the Ministry of Science, Culture and Federal and European Affairs.
