Saša Stanišić: Ermutigungen

Saša Stanišić formulates his very personal invitation to you, dear guests, to his appearance at the Herbstlese:
'You will take something away from me (and I from you too!) at my event, each of you individually and all together. Perhaps even understand something that was unclear to you or, even more interestingly, no longer understand what actually seemed clear. Because it is so important to allow ambiguity, to expose yourself, you will, that is the concept. That is literature: exposing yourself to other perspectives, biographies and topics, thinking and disagreeing and participating in times of know-it-all and concentration on one's own (usually against the other). With my texts, I would like to invite you to look beyond your own well-being, your own body, the image you want to leave behind of yourself in social media. Because your own resentments are rooted deepest where you only encounter yourself and your own kind.
It's good if you come, otherwise I would be alone. And nobody should be alone if they don't want to be.

Saša Stanišić was born in Višegrad (Yugoslavia) in 1978 and has lived in Germany since 1992. His works have been translated into over 40 languages and have received numerous awards. Stanišić received the Leipzig Book Fair Prize for "Vor dem Fest" and the 2019 German Book Prize for "Herkunft", among others. He lives and works in Hamburg.

In cooperation with the Katholisches Forum im Land Thüringen and the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Thüringen e.V.