“Nachwelt” (Posterity). Reading and discussion with Marlene Streeruwitz
Event
Photo: Austrian National Library
begin 22.06.2023, 19:00
end 22.06.2023, 20:30
location Leipzig
In Marlene Streeruwitz's novel “Nachwelt” (Posterity), an author travels to Los Angeles to collect information for a biography she is writing about sculptor Anna Mahler. Armed with a notebook and a recording device, she follows in the footsteps of Gustav Mahler's and Alma Mahler-Werfel's daughter, who was born in Vienna, emigrated to London at the end of the 1930s, and lived in California from 1950. Personal and political history are interwoven throughout the novel “Nachwelt” (Posterity), which poses questions about forgetting history, cultivating remembrance, and women in the arts.
Marlene Streeruwitz will be reading and commenting on passages from her novel, which was published in 1999. In conversation with Bernhard Fetz, she will explain how the novel came to be written, its position in her body of work, and how it is linked with current projects.
Event held in conjunction with the exhibition "JETZT & ALLES. Austrian literature. The last 50 years" . Organised by the Austrian National Library's Literature Museum in cooperation with the German Museum of Books and Writing, the exhibition showcases important Austrian authors using a variety of personal objects.
Contributors:
Marlene Streeruwitz (b. 1950) is a freelance writer who lives in Vienna, London and New York. Her works have won numerous awards and include novels, dramas, radio plays, poetry readings and essays. Her most recent publications include “Tage im Mai”, 2023 (Days in May) and “Handbuch gegen den Krieg”, 2022 (Handbook Against War).
Bernhard Fetz (b. 1963) is a literary scholar and co-curator of the exhibition "JETZT & ALLES". Austrian literature. The last 50 years. He is the Director of the Literature Archive, Literature Museum, Collection of Planned Languages and Esperanto Museum at the Austrian National Library in Vienna.
Information and Contact
The event will be held in German.
Venue: Museum foyer, German Museum of Books and Writing at the German National Library in Leipzig
Duration: 90 minutes
Costs: Free admission
Booking: Registration not required
Cloakroom info: You will need one- or two-Euro coins to store your bags and backpacks in the lockers.
Accessibility: The area in which the event will be taking place is barrier-free accessible.
Contact: dbsm-info@dnb.de or Phone +49 341-2271-324
Address and getting here
German National Library
Deutscher Platz 1
04103 Leipzig
Getting here
We advise you to use public transport.
1 / By public transport
By rail
From the main railway station, take S-Bahn S1 in the direction of Riesa, S2 in the direction of Markkleeberg-Gaschwitz, S3 in the direction of Stötteritz or S5/S5X in the direction of Zwickau. Journey time approx. 7 minutes, get off at “Leipzig MDR”. Exit onto Semmelweisstraße, then turn right and continue for 800 m to the intersection at Straße des 18. Oktober.
Alternatively, take tram line 16 from platform 2 in front of the main railway station (in the direction of Lößnig) and get off at “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 11 minutes.
By air
From Leipzig/Halle airport, take S-Bahn S5/S5X in the direction of Zwickau. Journey time approx. 30 minutes, get off at “Leipzig MDR”. Exit onto Semmelweisstraße, then turn right and continue for 400 m to the intersection at Straße des 18. Oktober.
2 / By bike
The German National Library in Leipzig can easily be reached by bike. You can get to the DNB by taking the cycle paths on Straße des 18. Oktobers, Semmelweißstraße, and Philipp-Rosenthal-Straße. A cycle lane also runs past the DNB's main entrance. Numerous bicycle parking spaces are available along this lane and at the main entrance to the German Museum of Books and Writing. The bicycle racks in front of the museum are covered.
Besides taking the cycle lane, you can reach the bicycle parking spaces via a passageway from the junction of Semmelweißstraße/Philipp-Rosenthal-Straße through the DNB's tower courtyard.
3 / By car
Approaching from the north
Take the A9 to the Schkeuditzer Kreuz intersection, continue on the A14 towards Dresden and take the Leipzig-Mitte (city centre) exit; continue on the B2 towards Leipzig city centre as far as the intersection at Prager Straße/Semmelweisstraße (follow the signs for “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”).
Approaching from the south and east
Take the A9 or A14, change to the A38 and continue to the Leipzig-Süd exit; change to the B2 and continue to the Südvorstadt exit; turn right into Kurt-Eisner-Straße and continue to the German National Library.
4 / Accessibility
The German National Library in Leipzig has disabled parking spaces right in front of the building. The entrance for disabled visitors is signposted. The reading rooms and cafeteria are accessible by lift.
Last changes:
17.03.2023
