Frankfurt liest ein Buch: Deniz Ohde “Streulicht” (Sky Glow) – Opening event
Event
Suhrkamp Verlag
begin 24.04.2023, 19:30
end 24.04.2023, 21:00
location Frankfurt am Main, Virtual
The literature festival “Frankfurt liest ein Buch”, now in its 14th year, will focus on Deniz Ohde’s novel “Streulicht” (Sky Glow). The festival will open, as it does every year, at the German National Library.
Greetings:
- Ute Schwens, Director of the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
- Sonja Vandenrath, Head of the city of Frankfurt am Main’s literature department
- Martina Wunderer, Lector, Suhrkamp Verlag
Introduction:
- Sabine Baumann, Chair of Frankfurt liest ein Buch e. V.
Sarya Akdeniz (school pupil, Heinrich von Kleist-Schule Eschborn), Tanja Brühl (President, Technical University of Darmstadt), Isabella Caldart (free journalist, lector,social media editor and moderator), Mike Josef (SPD city councillor), Steffen Schwarz (Teacher, Max Beckmann-Schule) und Eleonore Wiedenroth-Coulibaly (Translator, referent, teacher and feminist and anti-racist activist) will read from the novel “Streulicht” (Sky Glow).
Closing words: Deniz Ohde
Photo: Heike Steinweg
Deniz Ohde, who was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1988, studied German philology in Leipzig, where she still lives today. Her début novel “Streulicht” (Sky Glow) which was shortlisted for the German Book Prize, was awarded the Jürgen Ponto Foundation’s Literature Prize and the aspekte Literature Prize in 2020.
You can either attend the event in person at the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main or follow it on livestream.
An event by “Frankfurt liest ein Buch e. V.“ in cooperation with the German National Library.
Event series: www.frankfurt-liest-ein-buch.de
Information and contact
The event will be held in German.
Venue: Lecture hall, German National Library Frankfurt am Main. You can also follow the event on livestream. Prior booking for the livestream is not required.
Costs: 5.00 Euro. Reserved tickets must be collected no later than 19:00 on the evening of the event. (Admission from 18:30)
Duration: 90 minutes
Booking: Online via the button above
Cloakroom info: Please leave your coats, jackets and umbrellas in the cloakroom. You will need two two-euro coins to lock bags and backpacks in the lockers.
Accessibility: The area in which the event will be taking place is barrier-free.
Contact: veranstaltungen@dnb.de
Address and getting here
German National Library
Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Getting here
We advise you to use public transport.
1 / By public transport
By rail
From the main railway station (underground level), take the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 10 minutes.
By plane
From the airport (regional station), take S-Bahn S8 in the direction of Hanau or the S9 in the direction of Offenbach and get off at “Konstablerwache”. Change to the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 30 minutes.
By bus
The “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek” bus stop is served by the number M32 bus.
2 / By bike
The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main can easily be reached by bike. You can get to the DNB by taking the cycle paths on Adickesallee, Nibelungenallee, and Eckenheimer Landtraße.
Covered bicycle racks are located right at the main entrance.
3 / By car
The address for navigation devices is Eckenheimer Landstraße 165. The building is accessed from the underground car park. The maximum entrance height is 2.0 m.
Approaching from the west
Take the A66 to the end of the autobahn in Miquelallee and follow the signs for Fulda/Hanau; at the third intersection, turn right into Eckenheimer Landstraße in the direction of the city centre; follow the signs and turn right into the underground car park.
Approaching from the north
Take the A661 to the Eckenheim exit, get into the lane for the city centre/Eckenheim, continue straight on to the third major set of traffic lights and cross these. The entrance to the underground car park is located at the German National Library building around 100 metres further on the right.
Parking
Our car park has 100 parking spaces for visitors on the first basement floor.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 6:00 to 22:00, Saturday 8:00 to 18:00.
Fees: 2.00 Euro/hour, cash or card payment.
The permanent rental of parking spaces is not possible.
For on-street parking spaces in the Holzhausenviertel district, the City of Frankfurt of Main charges 50 cents per quarter hour or part thereof from Monday to Friday between 7:00 and 19:00.
4 / Accessibility
The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main has designated disabled parking spaces in its car park and next to the building in Schlosserstraße. The Library's public rooms can be accessed by lift from the underground car park. Barrier-free access to the main entrance is also available from Schlosserstraße.
Last changes:
19.04.2023
