poetry on the road — International Literature Festival

At the opening evening, Maria Stepanova (Russia), Etta Scollo (Italy/Germany), Madame Nielsen (Denmark), Liu Xia (China/Germany), Michael Fehr (Switzerland), Manuel Troller (Switzerland), Koleka Putuma (South Africa), and Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (Great Britain/Ireland) read and performed, among others. The further program included authors such as Durs Grünbein, Connie Palmen, Marica Bodrožić, Ronya Othmann, and Jaap Blonk — a cross-section of poetic approaches, languages, and forms.