Günter Grass - Grenzenlos

In the organizer's words:

Günter Grass - Boundless

New series of events organized by the Günter Grass Foundation Bremen

The German Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass broke boundaries with his work and influence. His gaze, always directed towards the most precise description of the state of affairs, went beyond artistic, political and geographical boundaries of thought and action. The new series of events "Grass - Grenzenlos" is inspired by his efforts to promote artists of foreign literatures; the events bring together renowned artists from different countries and generations to discuss their work.
The event series is a cooperation between the Günter Grass Foundation Bremen, the bremer shakespeare company, the Festival Globale and the City of Literature.

The kick-off event will take place on November 14, 2025 at the Silo-Hotel John & Will on Überseeinsel. The guests' discussions will take place in a lounge atmosphere with a view over the Weser. The bar will remain open during the event.

Detailed information about the events and the participants can be found here!

"Word in Progress" on November 14, 2025

7 p.m. at John & Will Silohotel by Guldsmeden, Auf der Muggenburg 50, 28217 Bremen Free admission. Registration is requested.
Pit Holzwarth (playwright and director) and his young Gdansk colleague Anna Wakulik (nominated for the British Evening Standard Theatre Award, among others) are currently working on plays about Günter Grass, which will be premiered in 2027 at the bremer shakespeare company and the Gdansk city theater Teatr Wybrzeże on the occasion of his 100th birthday. In an exchange with each other, they will share the process of creating their new works, their research approaches, ideas and individual and national perspectives on Günter Grass.
The event will be held bilingually in German and Polish and will set the mood for the festive year celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the city partnership between Bremen and Gdansk, which will officially begin on November 21 with a ceremony in Bremen City Hall.

"Word in Progress" on December 5, 2025

7 p.m. at the John & Will Silohotel by Guldsmeden, Auf der Muggenburg 50, 28217 Bremen Free admission. Registration is requested.
Tomas Kafka (politician and poet, Czech Republic) and Tanja Maljartschuk (Ingeborg Bachmann Prize winner, Ukraine) in conversation about the possibilities and limits of literature to bear witness. Whatever happens, the storytelling must never end.

Cooperation between the Günter Grass Foundation Bremen, the globale° Festival for Cross-Border Literature and the bremer shakespeare company

Price information:

Registration is requested.