WILD NACH EINEM WILDEN TRAUM. Lesung und Gespräch mit Julia Schoch

In the organizer's words:

Like Christa Wolf or Ingeborg Bachmann, who observed society from a female perspective, Julia Schoch's trilogy Biography of a Woman describes the life of her protagonist, which is closely interwoven with the historical changes from the reunification of Germany to today's modern, individualized society. Wild after a Wild Dream, the last volume in the series, focuses on the protagonist's memories of an affair with a Catalan in the USA. As a wife, mother and writer, she experiences how this relationship not only changes her marriage, but also her self-perception and reflection on her own life. As she looks back, existential questions arise: What drives her? What is the tension between loneliness, writing and love for her?

Julia Schoch (*1974 in Bad Saarow) grew up in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. She studied German and Romance languages and literature in Potsdam, Paris and Bucharest. After graduating, she worked as a translator and literary scholar before establishing herself as a writer. In 2022 she was awarded the honorary prize of the German Schiller Foundation, in 2023 the Schubart Literature Prize of the City of Aalen and in 2024 the Mainz City Writer's Literature Prize.

In cooperation with the Cultural Office of the City of Giessen