{"title": "Tobias Lehmkuhl »Keine von uns: Das Leben der Irmgard Keun«", "start": "2026-11-03T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "tickets_url": "https://literatur-berlin.tickettoaster.de/produkte/4248-tickets-tobias-lehmkuhl-keine-von-uns-das-leben-der-irmgard-keun-literaturhaus-berlin-berlin-am-03-11-2026", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/biography"], "description": "A talk about the life of writer Irmgard Keun, presented through Tobias Lehmkuhl's book »Keine von uns: Das Leben der Irmgard Keun«. Author and literary critic Lehmkuhl recounts Keun's rapid rise with »Gilgi – eine von uns« and »Das kunstseidene Mädchen«, her banishment under the Nazis, her exile in Amsterdam, her stormy relationship with Joseph Roth and her friendships with Heinrich Mann and Stefan Zweig. He talks with Janika Gelinek, co-director of the Literaturhaus Berlin. Afterwards, attendees are invited on a short walk to Keun's birthplace at Meinekestraße 6.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/tobias-lehmkuhl-keine-von-uns-das-leben-der-irmgard-keun-200/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/tobias-lehmkuhl-keine-von-uns-das-leben-der-irmgard-keun/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-03T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "\"Wassermilch und Spitzenwein\" - Eine Berliner Familiengeschichte", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Flughafen Tempelhof", "address": "Platz der Luftbrücke 5 12101 Berlin", "price": "Kostenlose Tickets!", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/elshan-ghasimi-reinterpretation-des-radif-dastgah-e-chahargah-tickets-1997393231925", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/memoir"], "description": "A reading with Irene Bindel from her autobiographical book “Wassermilch und Spitzenwein”. 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Drawing on her mother's diaries, she offers very personal insights into this moving era, invites the audience to ask questions in the ensuing conversation, and the event is a cooperation between the Gilberto-Bosques-Volkshochschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, the Stadtbibliothek Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and the Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit in Berlin e.V.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-von-uber-100-jahren-lesung-31736/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/stadtbibliothek-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/bibliotheken/bezirkszentralbibliothek-pablo-neruda/veranstaltungen-projekte/eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-von-ueber-100-jahren-lesung-und-gespraech-mit-der-zeitzeugin-irene-bindel-1712806.php", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6db1ad9d16ca379cc65669840255ecd48f4ed05c8af944d03201eff22a31ce15-600.webp"}, {"title": "Club de lectura de noviembre: Malina, de Ingeborg Bachmann", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bartleby & Co.", "address": "Boppstraße 2", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/fiction/novel"], "description": "In November, the Bartleby reading circle meets at the Bartleby & Co. bookshop on Boppstraße 2. The Spanish-language bookshop invites its readers to read a book together and then discuss it in person. The chosen title is Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann, an astonishing portrait of a writer trying to tell her own story in a world dominated by men. The novel follows a woman in postwar Vienna between her inaccessible lover Ivan and her reserved flatmate Malina, a feminist psychological masterpiece of European literature.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/club-de-lectura-de-noviembre-malina-de-ingeborg-bachmann-12904/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b5f679be336ded5a712898b70574c79015fbfe42ff1b6224a7eae4b1e54d0b62-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Musikalische Lesung R. Tennenbaum -„Bin nur ein armer Großstadtspatz“", "start": "2026-11-11T15:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt-Haus", "address": "Warnitzer Straße 13A, 13057 Berlin", "price": "6 €", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/weimar-republic", "literature/poetry", "stage/cabaret"], "description": "A musical reading held in memory of the German-Jewish poet Mascha Kaléko, fifty years after her death. Rosa Tennenbaum tells the life story of the poet, who was born in Austria-Hungary, and whose poem „Kein Neutöner“ described everyday life in Berlin of the late 1920s and early 1930s with humour and modesty. With wit, charm and a touch of melancholy, the audience is taken into the lyrical Berlin of the 1920s.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/musikalische-lesung-r-tennenbaum-bin-nur-ein-armer-grostadts-31507/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Gudrun Bernhagen liest", "start": "2026-11-04T14:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stadtteilzentrum PestalozziTreff", "address": "Pestalozzistraße 1A, 12623 Berlin", "price": "6 Euro inklusive Kaffeegedeck", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/postwar-germany", "literature/reading"], "description": "Gudrun Bernhagen reads excerpts from her novel \"Und ... und ... und ... kann ich gut\", which is about the childhood years of a girl from 1945 to 1952. She is accompanied musically by Adrian Wagner and Rudolf Bernhagen. Admission includes a coffee set, and registration is possible by phone at 56 58 69 20. The reading takes place at the Stadtteilzentrum „Pestalozzi-Treff\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/gudrun-bernhagen-liest-72804/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Exiltexte: Kunst, Macht, Erinnerung – Lesung mit Tania Arcimovich, Karima Shabrang und Fariba Vafi", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schloss Schönhausen", "address": "Tschaikowskistraße 1, 13156 Berlin", "price": "15 €, ermäßigt 12 €", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.spsg.de/ticket-app/entity/eventTime/13833?cHash=c6704a2bef694b5e4f5d72735428c352", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A reading titled \"Exiltexte: Kunst, Macht, Erinnerung\" at Schloss Schönhausen. The writers in exile Tania Arcimovich (Belarus), Karima Shabrang (Afghanistan) and Fariba Vafi (Iran) read texts born from a literary engagement with the palace and its history during the Nazi era, drawing on their own experiences of exile and political pressure, in their original languages. Actress Melika Foroutan presents the German translations, and cellist Basilius Alawad accompanies the evening with music. The event is inspired by the Weiter Schreiben interventions and ends with a reception.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/exiltexte-kunst-macht-erinnerung-lesung-mit-tania-arcimovich-12534/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bac59a00fc6e07b1c6b537c7dae5d24dad5e3004a3463316b846a6b01b1aecb4-600.webp"}, {"title": "Transformationszeit: Fantasie gegen Realität …", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ephraim-Palais", "address": "Poststraße 16, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Regulär: 10 Euro, Ermäßigt: 6 Euro", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://stiftungbrandenburgertor.de/veranstaltungen/liebermanns-welt/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "A conversation about life and writing in East and West Berlin, the final installment of the series „Transformationszeit“. Katja Oskamp, a writer born in East Berlin and author of „Marzahn, mon amour“ and „Die vorletzte Frau“, and West Berlin author Björn Kuhligk, known for „Überall Nachbarn“ and „Berlin-Beschimpfung“, join moderator Marion Brasch to discuss inventing reality. They explore how everyday life and social conditions shape writing, what artistic freedoms existed on either side of the Wall, and what changed after 1989. The talk takes place in the salon on the ground floor and lasts one hour and thirty minutes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/transformationszeit-fantasie-gegen-realitat-11821/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.museum/veranstaltungen/transformationszeit-fantasie-gegen-realitaet", "image": "https://noky.io/images/09af503cac5f68817fe03a2a5975b32abb478c6644eab9d240ec33d10e0388f3-600.webp"}, {"title": "MASCHA KALÉKO – DIE NACHTIGALL IN MEINEM GARTEN SCHWEIGT…", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-11T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Theater im Palais", "address": "Am Festungsgraben 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.reservix.de/berlin/venue/theater-im-palais-berlin/v16794", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "stage/cabaret"], "description": "A musical reading homage to the poet Mascha Kaléko. Actress and singer Judith Jakob traces her life through poems, diary entries and musical settings. She is accompanied on piano by pianist and composer Joachim Jezewski. Kaléko's melancholy-yet-witty verse deals with everyday situations such as love, separation, hope and loneliness – from her rise in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, via her flight and years of poverty in the USA, to her final years in Israel.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/mascha-kaleko-die-nachtigall-in-meinem-garten-schweigt-8104/", "official_url": "https://www.theater-im-palais.de/event/mascha-kaleko-die-nachtigall-in-meinem-garten-schweigt/2026-11-11/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d16aa20ca433c07d80ec5feecb79aa4f317230117ded5b747bf5acc24147cdb2-600.webp"}, {"title": "Edition Rugerup und Edition Monhardt im Zauberberg", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Der Zauberberg", "address": "Bundesallee 133, 12161 Berlin", "price": "10 Euro", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://der-zauberberg.buchhandlung.de/shop/?aUrl=90009367", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "A joint reading evening with the two publishers Edition Rugerup and Edition Monhardt at the Zauberberg bookshop. Publisher Margitt Lehbert tells the story of twenty years of Edition Rugerup, which began on a Swedish farm, and Stefan Monhardt presents his press, active between Berlin and the Tian Shan. Author Maren Ernst reads from her novel „Vierzig Mädchen“ about her long-standing connection to Kyrgyzstan.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/edition-rugerup-und-edition-monhardt-im-zauberberg-14352/", "official_url": "https://www.der-zauberberg.eu/index.php/veranstaltung-aktuell", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6203fc00b484b7032e95118402f36ada8b5c4558bec7fe20eb3de76cab164846-600.webp"}, {"title": "Lesung und Gespräch mit der Autorin Lena Müller", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Pro Kiez Bötzowkiez e.V.", "address": "Esmarchstraße 18, 10407 Berlin", "price": "Gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Lena Müller reads from her novel »Club der Verschwenderinnen« and then talks about it. In it, on a hot summer in the big city, single mother and translator Eli meets Gunda, who has been standing alone behind the bar of a pub for 20 years. Out of an initial makeshift arrangement a friendship gradually grows that becomes a great story. The event by AG Kultur bei Pro Kiez e.V. and the Kurt-Tucholsky-Bibliothek takes place in the reading room on the ground floor left; registration by e-mail is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-und-gesprach-mit-der-autorin-lena-muller-24490/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=295241&ls=30&c=409", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b20fea682d96371a2ea0645f8655578325f34a4c87d61fd442cd89760aeeecda-600.webp"}, {"title": "Anna Seghers und Die Macht der Worte", "start": "2026-11-12T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Akademie der Künste", "address": "Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin", "price": "6 EUR (Ermäßigt: 3 EUR)", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "A themed tour through the faithfully preserved apartment of the writer Anna Seghers in Berlin-Adlershof, where she lived from 1955 until her death in 1983. The Akademie der Künste invites visitors; after registering by email, the apartment can be viewed with its furnishings, personal mementos and some 10,000 books. The tour asks about the power of words: Seghers returned in 1947 as a world-famous author from Mexican exile and put her writing at the service of the new society, also as president of the writers' association of the GDR. While her work met with rejection in West Germany, she was a role model for many authors of the young GDR such as Christa Wolf and Heiner Müller.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/anna-seghers-und-die-macht-der-worte-72030/", "official_url": "https://adk.de/programm/veranstaltungskalender/rf/anna-seghers-und-die-macht-der-worte/596571", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6212b3d8b44620132aa264c918adb5532fb2b5f00c43335e4ea9325c1df693be-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Spazieren in Berlin", "start": "2026-11-04T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Dorotheenstädtische Buchhandlung", "address": "Turmstraße 5, 10559 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.dorotheenstaedtische.de/event/spazieren-in-berlin", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "The bookshop hosts a reading from Franz Hessel's book „Spazieren in Berlin“, a textbook on the art of strolling through Berlin first published in 1929. The actor Hans-Jürgen Schatz reads from it, and the evening is moderated by the publisher André Förster. Hessel (1880–1941) was a writer, editor and translator who lived in Berlin in the 1920s and emigrated to Paris in 1938. Walter Benjamin called the book a memorising while strolling, for which remembering was not the source but the muse.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/spazieren-in-berlin-22283/", "official_url": "https://www.dorotheenstaedtische.de/event/spazieren-in-berlin/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/faf9fe110b11b1f17ff173b8dee0dd9c07708277df0d93e23d4cc0f60c697d68-600.webp"}]}