Daniel Kehlmann
- from: 24.11.2008
- to: 28.11.2008
agenda
From 24th to 28th November 2008
Practical
Several venues in France (see below)Born in Munich in 1975, Daniel Kehlmann spends his time between Vienna and Berlin.
After reading Nabokov and Borges during his adolescence, he published his first novel when he was only 22. He broke all sales records with Measuring the World which has been translated in some forty countries (French translation, Actes Sud 2007).
Already winner of ten or so literary prizes, he was awarded the prestigious Kleist Prize in 2006, and the Welt Prize in 2007.
In France, Measuring the World was acclaimed by the press and, in 2007, was awarded the Prix des Dirigeants (Directors Prize).
Author of eight books, among which the novel Me and Kaminski (French translation: Actes Sud 2004), In February 2009 Actes Sud published Daniel Kehlmann's Ruhm, a novel with nine plots, as Gloire translated by Juliette Aubert.
Monday, November 24th:
- 15:00, Lycée international de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, German department
Moderator, Norbert Kremeyer, German literature teacher
Lycée international - 36, rue du Fer-à-Cheval - 78100 Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Tuesday, November 25th:
- 19:00, Maison Rhénanie Palatinat
Moderator: Alban Lefranc, translator and writer
In partnership with the Maison Rhénanie Palatinat and the Autrement dit bookshop
Maison Rhénanie Palatinat - 29 rue Buffon - 21000 Dijon
Wednesday, November 26th:
- 11:00, Bourgogne University
Coordination: Véronique Liard, Head of the German department
Meeting with German Department students
Moderator: Alban Lefranc, translator and writer
In partnership with Centre régional du Livre de Bourgogne (Burgundy Regional Book Centre)
Bouchard room at the CRDP (University Campus) - 4, avenue Alain Savary, Dijon
- 19:00, V.O. bookshop
Host: Môn Jugie
With the participation of Alban Lefranc, translator and writer
36 rue de Tournai - 59000 Lille
Thursday, November 27th:
- Evening (time to be announced), "European writers on the move", in partnership with Passa Porta
Moderator, Alban Lefranc, translator and writer
Hôtel de Ville - Bruxelles
Friday, November 28th:
- 20H, Goethe-Institute Paris
Host: Ulrich Ribbert, Head librarian
Moderator, Alban Lefranc, translator and writer
17, avenue d'Iéna - Paris 6
Saturday, November 29th:
- 10:00, Canal multimedia library, Montigny-le-Bretonneux
In the context of the PAC class (taught through German) of the Lycée Emilie de Breteuil (Geneviève Maurel)
Meeting organized in partnership with the Saint-Quentin en Yvelines multimedia library network.
Quai François Truffaut - 78056 Montigny-le-Bretonneux
- Updated: 30.12.2008
