Successful guest country start with “Wild Austria” « Main Association of the Austrian Book Trade
with “Wild Austria” On Thursday, March 17th, the “First Long Night of Austrian Literature” took place in the Schaubühne Lindenfels in Leipzig instead of. The literary-musical launch event to the Guest country appearance of Austria at the Leipzig Book Fair 2023 Displayed top-class program with X among othersaver Bayer, Karl-Markus Gauß, Tanja Maljartschuk, Teresa Präauer. The evening was sold out.
Katya Gasserthe artistic director of Austria’s Guest of Honor presentation and Fritz Ostermeyer the legendary radio producer and director of the “School for Poetry in Vienna” leads through the evening. This was with the video installation “Anthem Reloaded” by Marco Lipus (Composition: Sašo Kalan) introduced. music comes from First Vienna Home Organ Orchestra and DJ Christopher Just. The authors provided the literary touch Xaver Bayer, Karl-Markus Gauß, Verena Gotthardt, Christopher Just, Tanja Maljartschuk, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Jörg Piringer, Teresa Präauer, Stefanie Sargnagel, Daniela Strigl and Daniel Wisser. surprise guest of the evening tom gardithe one just before with the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2022 was awarded.
You can find impressions of the evening here.
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18.3.2022