Long Night of Literature 2011

To build audiences for contemporary writing in German the Austrian Cultural Forum, the German Book Office, Max Mueller Bhavan and Pro Helvetia will host readings from prose and poetry.[dated January 2011]

The Long Night of Literature, second in the series of literary encounters on contemporary writings in German, is jointly hosted by the Austrian Cultural Forum, the German Book Office, Goethe-Institute Max Mueller Bhavan and Pro Helvetia New Delhi in collaboration with Religare Art Gallery. Moderated by the well-known actor and poet Danish Husain, this event of prose and poetry will include conversations and readings from books by Austrian, German and Swiss authors and will bring together literature enthusiasts.

Friday 28 January 2011, 7 pm Religare Art Gallery, 7, Atmaram Mansion, Level 1, Scindia House, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi

Schedule 
7.15 pm Welcome by Danish Husain 
7.25 pm Alex Capus with Professor Rajendra Dengle 
8.10 pm Saša Stanišić with Dr Sukrita Paul Kumar 
8.55 pm Break 9.10 pm Josef Winkler with Dr Alka Raghuvanshi 
9.55 pm Esther Kinsky and Martin Chalmers 
10.40 pm Break 
10.55 pm Franziska Holzheimer accompanied on the sarangi by Durga Sisodia

The Authors 
1) Josef Winkler / Austria Moderated by Dr Alka Raghuvanshi, writer, painter and curator. 
2) Saša Stanišić / Germany Moderated by Dr Sukrita Paul Kumar, poet and critic. 
3) Esther Kinsky / Germany 
4) Martin Chalmers / Germany 
5) Alex Capus / Switzeland Moderated by Professor Rajendra Dengle, Centre for German Studies, School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 
6) Franziska Holzheimer / Germany 

Moderator for the evening - Danish Husain