in ehrbarer balance
An evening with Antjie Krog
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A unique place for contemporary poetry since 1991, currently with this program:
in ehrbarer balance
Material einer möglichen Welt
Reading of lyrikklub
Poetische Bildung
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Artificial Intelligence and Poetry Criticism
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Li-Be in Moabit
Literaturstadt Berlin: Räume für die Literatur!
Panel discussion with Jan Brandt, Peer Mock-Stümer und Sonja Longolius
Instituto Cervantes
Literarische Abende. Der Garten der Musen
Poetry Talk with Raquel Lanseros
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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. We 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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33. Open Mike:
Auszeichnungen für Hannah Beckmann und Nea SchmidtDie Jury – bestehend aus Yevgeniy Breyger, Jackie Thomae und Dana Vowinckel – zeichnete zwei Autorinnen aus:Ein Preis für Lyrik ging an Nea Schmidt … Read more
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Vocations – open space
Mit ukrainischer Musik und PoesieDas ukrainische Vokalensemble Alter Ratio zählt zu den spannendsten europäischen Formationen der zeitgenössischen Vokalmusik weltweit. Unter der … Read more
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Die Finalist:innen des 33. Open Mike stehen fest
Lyrik:Anastasia Averkova, Julia Blöcher, Dominik Kohl, Nea SchmidtProsa:Hannah Beckmann, Lilli Biller, Minda Deol, Amelie Hermann, Tabea … Read more
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New Design for Open Mike
– Competition for Young LiteratureWith great excitement, we’re thrilled to invite you once again to discover new poetry and prose on the first weekend of November and to dive … Read more
Blog for Poetry
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Die Open Mike-Finalist:innen
im InterviewPlease note that the interviews were only conducted in German.Um die Open Mike-Finalist:innen besser kennenzulernen, haben wir Interviews mit ihnen … Read more
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Die Debüts der Open Mike-Finalist:innen
seit 2024Lange Jahre wurden die Debüts der ehemaligen Open Mike-Finalist:innen auf dem damaligen Blog des Open Mike veröffentlicht. Denn wir fiebern nicht nur … Read more
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Posters for Poetry
Campaign for Fall ProgramAs part of the final launch of our new website and the redesign of our program booklet, a poster campaign was created in collaboration with designer … Read more
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New Poetry Releases
initiated by Haus für PoesieIt is the Haus für Poesie that often commissions the first German translations of poems from other languages, especially for Poesiefestival Berlin. … Read more
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