JULIAN BARNES »ABSCHIED(E)« EIN ABEND MIT DER ÜBERSETZERIN GERTRUDE KRUEGER LITERATUR ÜBERSETZEN

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Moderation: Anna Valerius

Translator Gertraude Krueger has been working closely with the great English writer Julian Barnes for decades. Based on his latest novel "Abschied(e)", she will give us an insight into their work together and the translator's craft.
Julian Barnes will be eighty years old in January 2026. He knows that the longest period of his life is behind him, and he wants to retain control over how this life will be viewed.

When Julian Barnes learns that he has a disease that may or may not be fatal for him, it means he has to sort things out. What counts in life, which phase of life was important, or is memory deceptive? He bids farewell by recounting the beginning and the supposed end of this extraordinary writer's life - and a fictional story that also contains a great deal of Julian Barnes.

A literary, honest review, a look back and forward by Julian Barnes, the great English novelist, who may be saying goodbye to writing with this book. After all, you never know exactly when your life will end.

Julian Barnes, born in Leicester in 1946, worked as a lexicographer and then as a journalist after studying modern languages. Barnes, who has received numerous international literary awards, has written an extensive body of fiction and essays, including "Flaubert's Parrot", "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters" and "Stages of Life". He was awarded the Man Booker Prize for his novel "The End of a Story". Julian Barnes lives in London.

Gertraude Krueger, born in 1949, lives as a freelance translator in Berlin. In addition to the works of Julian Barnes, her translations include sketches by the Monty Python troupe, Alice Walker, Valerie Wilson Wesley, Jhumpa Lahiri and E.L. Doctorow.

Supported by the Kunststiftung NRW
In cooperation with the Bonn City Library

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