NIMM PLATZ - KÖLNER LITERATURSOMMER MIT WOLFGANG SCHIFFER

In the organizer's words:

Wolfgang Schiffer reads from Das die Erde einen Buckel werfe, Ich höre dem Regen zu and Gespräche mit dem Enkel

What to do with the despair of an existence that increasingly resembles self-destruction? Wolfgang Schiffer's poems in his volume "I listen to the rain" bear witness to the difficulty of finding words for this, seek support in memory and draw comfort from the little things that nevertheless bring about something like happiness.

The author also seeks to provide comfort by looking back on his own childhood and offering advice for an uncertain future in "Gespräche mit dem Enkel" (Conversations with the Grandson), a bibliophilically designed volume with graphics by the Icelandic painter Jón Thor Gíslason.

Wolfgang Schiffer, born in Nettetal/Lobberich in 1946, has published radio plays, novels and poetry as well as translations from Icelandic.

He has received various literary and cultural awards for his work, including the Knight's Cross of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon and the Icelandic Culture Prize of the Fund Islands Banki; he lives in Cologne and Prague.

The Cologne Summer of Literature is curated by the Cologne Literature Scene

NIMM PLATZ am Neumarkt is a joint project of the Cologne cultural administration and the independent cultural scene, with contributions from the University of Music and Dance (HfMT) and the Academy of Media Arts (KHM).