Nava Ebrahimi: Werkgespräch

In the organizer's words:

Moderation: Laura Beck

"It urges me," says Nava Ebrahimi, "to make connections. To bring people and things together in unusual ways. If I think about it carefully, I even feel personally obliged to do so."

Whether it's an escape story of a homosexual dancer in The Cousin, a family story in her debut Sixteen Words, which only comes together piece by piece like a puzzle, or the Iraq-Iran war, which is dealt with in My Neighbor's Paradise - Nava Ebrahimi's texts always deal with pressing questions about identity, foreignness, responsibility and ignorance.

The author and current poetry lecturer in Hanover talks to Laura Beck about her diverse writing.

Nava Ebrahimi was born in Tehran and grew up in Cologne. She has received numerous awards for her literary texts.

Laura Beck has been a research assistant in the field of Modern German Literature and Comparative Literature at the University of Hanover since 2023.

A joint project of the Literaturhaus Hannover and the German Department at Leibniz University Hannover.

Price information:

*Free admission for university students / plus advance booking fee