Péter Esterházy. Das wundersame Nachleben der Wörter | Archiveröffnung

In the organizer's words:

"For all these reasons, I cannot recommend the book for translation," was the conclusion of a publisher's review in 1984. Although the reviewer was full of praise for Péter Esterházy's production novel, she did not consider the richly allusive work to be transferable due to its wealth of wordplay and wit.

Despite this fear, the novel was the prelude to a series of books that caused a sensation throughout Europe and were translated into many languages. Péter Esterházy's works bear witness to an unmistakable language that knows "the wondrous life of words", is always thinking and likes to ironize.

The evening will focus on texts by the Hungarian author and previously unknown documents from his estate. After a reading and insights into the Esterházy archive, Andreas Isenschmid will talk to György Dragomán, Terézia Mora and Ingo Schulze.

Welcome: Werner Heegewaldt

Reading: Matthias Scherwenikas

Archive presentation: Katalin Madácsi-Laube

Discussion: György Dragomán, Andreas Isenschmid, Terézia Mora, Ingo Schulze

In German language