Literary Solidarity
Perspectives on a New Literary Landscape
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Talk
A unique place for contemporary poetry since 1991, currently with this program:
Literary Solidarity
Instituto Cervantes
Im Gespräch mit Piedad Bonnett
Lesung
Gespräch
Instituto Cervantes
Vier große iberoamerikanische Dichter*innen
Lauren Mendinueta, Santiago Galán, Rodolfo Häsler, Teresa Colom
Lesung
Gespräch
Diada de Sant Jordi
Science & Poetry
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PARATAXE presentation
Guest event
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Aga Ujma at the last Vocations evening © Andrea Vollmer
Award Ceremony of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize © Natalia Reich
Brandon Kilbourne at the Award Ceremony of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize © Natalia Reich
Verlagshaus Berlin celebrates their birthday at Haus für Poesie © Natalia Reich
Award Ceremony of this year's Open Mike © Natalia Reich
Workshop Wald pflanzen, Wald schreiben © Andrea Vollmer
This year's winner of the Georg-Büchner-Preis: Ursula Krechel © Natalia Reich
An evening in honour of Emily Dickinson © Natalia Reich
Claudia Rankine at Poesiefestival Berlin 2025 © Natalia Reich
Writing Identities at Poesiefestival Berlin 2025 © Natalia Reich
Performance by Farkhondeh Shahroudi at Poesiefestival Berlin 2025 © Natalia Reich
Zebra Poetry Film Festival took place during Poesiefestival Berlin © Natalia Reich
Abdalrahman Alqalaq at the reading of Lyrik-Empfehlungen 2025 © Natalia Reich
Our series at Deutsche Oper Berlin comes to an end © Natalia Reich
AVRINA at the UNESCO-Welttag der Poesie © Natalia Reich
Jan Wagner at the memorial event for Jürgen Becker © Natalia Reich
Haus für Poesie in Berlin stands for unique, often multilingual poetic event formats. We regard poetry as an independent art form that goes beyond the traditional literary event. Due to its openness and its permeability to other art forms, poetry is not limited to readings, but opens up many exciting possibilities for creatively engaging with spaces and practices.
In addition to our extensive Monthly Program, workshops in Poetry in Education and the globally unique platform Lyrikline are central to our work at Haus für Poesie. The participatory program for all age groups can be found under Participate. tWe also organize one of Europe’s most renowned and largest poetry festivals, Poesiefestival Berlin, as well as Zebra Poetry Film Festival, one of the oldest international festivals for poetry films.
Since 1993, Haus für Poesie has hosted Open Mike, an important competition for young literature. In addition, since 2023, the series Vocations focuses on all forms of vocal and musical practices rooted in poetry.
These and many other temporary projects have been continuously developed since 1991, when Haus for Poesie was known as literaturWERKstatt berlin. Many of our projects are based on concepts conceived collaboratively with artists and curators in open, participatory, and transdisciplinary processes. We present poetry in all languages, translated into both German and English, and actively promote German-language poetry as well as poets from around the world through our extensive cooperation network and our online platform Lyrikline.
Haus für Poesie is the only publicly funded literary institution in Germany dedicated solely to poetry. It receives funding from the Department of Culture and Social Cohesion of the State of Berlin and is operated by the Non-Profit Association Literaturbrücke Berlin e.V.
News
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The 2026 Poetry Recommendations are here!
20 poetry collections for adults and 11 poetry books for children are included in this year’s list.This year’s Poetry Recommendations for adults have … Read more
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34. Open Mike – Wettbewerb für junge Literatur
from 13.–14.11. at the PopUp-Gebäude of Amerika-GedenkbibliothekFor the current year 2026, the Open Mike has been secured through additional funds provided on a one-time basis. These funds were approved in the … Read more
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Poesiefestival Berlin 2026
This year’s festival motifs of Poesiefestival Berlin follow a poetic logic of layering: ancient figures appear alongside pop-cultural symbols, … Read more
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Zebra Poetry Film Festival 2026
Open Call for the best Poetry FilmsShort films based on poems, produced after January 1, 2024, and with a maximum length of 12 minutes, can be submitted. All languages are welcome. … Read more
Blog for Poetry
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Poetry Recommendations 2026 &
Poetry Recommendations for ChildrenSince 2013, ten poetry experts have been selecting one German-language poetry collection and one poetry collection translated into German each year. … Read more
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The poster motifs
of Poesiefestival Berlin 2026Here they are: the three poster designs for Poesiefestival Berlin 2026. Once again designed by AG Grafik.From May on, you'll find them all over … Read more
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The debuts of the Open Mike finalists
since 2024For many years, the debuts of former Open Mike finalists were published on the then-blog of Open Mike. We don’t just follow the competition readings … Read more
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Wald pflanzen, Wald schreiben
Collective PoemAt the SelbstVERSuche workshop “Planting a Forest, Writing a Forest” on October 12, 2025, at Spreeacker Berlin, a collective poem was created by the … Read more
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Poesiefestival-Poster 2025 at Antwerp Poster Festival
Out of 1,896 submissions, 50 posters were selectedWe are delighted that our beautiful poster from last year’s poetry festival — designed by Lennart Lofink and Philip Jursch of AG Grafik — was … Read more
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