Poesiefestival Berlin 2025

Events at the Akademie der Künste

Opening: Berlin Poetry Lecture
Tue 3 Jun 6 pm

Writing Sports
Sat 14 Jun from 2 pm

Poetry talks, readings, book market, Weltklang
Sun 15 Jun from 11 am

In cooperation with the Haus für Poesie

In German and English

How Netty Reiling became Anna Seghers

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Cuts Finissage 5-5-5-5 cut
Raimund Kummer / Daniel Ott

With Katja Lange-Müller, Kathrin Röggla, Kathrin Schmidt, Katharina Schultens, Ulf Stolterfoht et al.

Films by Dieter Appelt, VALIE EXPORT, Christoph Giradet and Matthias Müller, Jochen Kuhn, Bjørn Melhus, Marcel Odenbach, Ulrike Rosenbach, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Klaus vom Bruch

€ 10/7

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Paul Wiegler: Gabriele – A novel from the estate

With Gernot Krämer, Gabriele Radecke

Welcome: Christian Hippe and Sabine Wolf
Reading: Max von Pufendorf
Moderation: Sieglinde Geisel

In cooperation with the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus

In German

€ 6/4

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Anna Seghers and The Power of Words

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

„Erfreut sich die Ausstellung weiterer Unbeliebtheit?“
Moderne Kunst in schwierigen Zeiten

With Durs Grünbein and Matthias Weichelt

In German

€ 10

Alfred Döblin Prize 2025 Readings in competition

With Andrea Rea Arežina, Sophia Merwald, Martin Piekar, Lina Schwenk, Janna Steenfatts and Karosh Taha

Jury: Ekkehard Knörer, Lara Sielmann, Shirin Sojitrawalla

Experts: Leander Berger, Anne Sauer, Jeffrey Trehudic, Isabel Wanger, Laura Weber

In German

€ 9/5

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Alfred Döblin Prize 2025

With the Award winner

Finalists: Andrea Rea Arežina, Sophia Merwald, Martin Piekar, Lina Schwenk, Janna Steenfatts and Karosh Taha

Jury: Ekkehard Knörer, Lara Sielmann, Shirin Sojitrawalla

Lecture: Jan Kuhlbrodt

In German

Free admission

Diva in grey

With Helke Misselwitz and Hermann Beyer

Works by Helga Paris, Elke Erb, Thomas Heise, Thomas Plenert et al.

In German

€ 7,50/5

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Sundays at Seghers’

Guided tours at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm

Admission from 10 min before start

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Brecht and his people

Cemetery tour

Meeting point: courtyard of the Brecht-Haus (Brecht House)

Registration: brechtweigelmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 7/4

Vocations – open space Songs and vocal practices based on poetry

With Julia Rebekka Adler, Andrea Conangla, Tehila Nini Goldstein, Ariane von Graffenried, Rebeka Kupihár, Anna Julian Mendlik, María Negroni, Jascha Nemtsov, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Liina Magnea, Valentin Schuster

Readings and performances in original language with English translation

Cooperation: Haus für Poesie, JUNGE AKADEMIE, DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, silent green Kulturquartier and Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf

Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds

€ 9/7

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How Netty Reiling became Anna Seghers

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

In the Amber – On the estate library of Christoph Meckel

With Gila Funke-Meckel, Marit Heuß, Adela Sophia Sabban, Susanne Thier

In cooperation with the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus

In German

Free admission
Registration at bibliothek@adk.de

Summer Party at Brecht House

Music, Guided tours, Readings, Open Archive and more

With Andreas Dresen, Jürgen Kuttner, Helke Misselwitz, students from the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch et al.

In cooperation with the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus

In German

Free admission

Long night of reading by the Alfred Döblin fellows

With Ines Berwing, Fabienne Dür, Karl Wolfgang Flender, Friedrich Klingenhage, Nora Deetje Leggemann, Anna Melikova, Najem Wali and Julia Willmann

Moderation: Nathalie Mälzer

In German

Free admission

Anna Seghers and The Power of Words

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Anna Seghers in the circle of her friends

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

The Library of the Arts

Library tour

Meeting point: Reading Room 1st Floor

In German

Free admission