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Anne Carson at Poesiefestival 2026 at Akademie der Künste © Natalia Reich
Anne Carson and Robert Currie at Poesiefestival 2026 at Akademie der Künste © Natalia Reich
Poets' Corner 2026 © Natalia Reich
Poets' Corner at Silent Rixdorf 2026
International Festival Makers' Meeting 2026 at Haus für Poesie © Andrea Vollmer
Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç at Poets' Corner 2026 at Kotti-Shop © Natalia Reich
Steloo © Andrea Vollmer
Brandon Kilbourne at the Award Ceremony of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize 2025 © Natalia Reich
Award Ceremony of Open Mike - Competition for Young Litertaure 2025 © Natalia Reich
Seán Hewitt at Poesiefestival 2026 © Natalia Reich
Winner of the Georg-Büchner-Preis 2025: Ursula Krechel © Natalia Reich
Autumn Workshop at Haus für Poesie © Andrea Vollmer
An evening in honour of Emily Dickinson © Natalia Reich
Amanda Becker © Andrea Vollmer
Claudia Rankine at Poesiefestival Berlin 2025 © Natalia Reich
Re-Writing a Canon at Poesiefestival Berlin 2026 © Natalia Reich
Performance by Farkhondeh Shahroudi at Poesiefestival Berlin 2025 © Natalia Reich
An evening with Batool Abu Akleen, Alaa Alqaisi, Abdalrahman Alqalaq & Bakr Khleifi at Poesiefestival 2026 © Natalia Reich
Zebra Poetry Film Festival 2026 took place during Poesiefestival Berlin © Natalia Reich
Jan Wagner at the memorial event for Jürgen Becker © Natalia Reich
James Noël at Poets' Corner 2026 at daadgalerie © Andrea Vollmer
Weltklang – Night of Poetry 2026 with Stanisław Kalina Jaglarz, Valzhyna Mort, Mia You, Laura Vazquez, Rudi Burkhardt, Milena Marković, Lorna Goodison
Aga Ujma © Andrea Vollmer
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 at the Young Haus für Poesie 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.
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Das Junge Haus für Poesie bei Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Darin spricht unter anderem die Leitung des Haus für Poesie, Katharina Schultens, wie an Schulen mit Gedichten umgegangen wird und wie sich der … Read more
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Haus für Poesie warmly congratulates its former Director, Dr. Thomas Wohlfahrt, on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Dr. Thomas Wohlfahrt, born in Eisenach in 1956, served as Director of Haus für Poesie until 2022. He founded the institution in 1991 under its … Read more
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Zebra Poetry Film Festival
Awards CeremonyThe ‘Ritter Sport Film Award’, donated by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG, was presented to En attendant les barbares (Greek: Περιμένοντας τους … Read more
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Collaborative chain poem
in tribute to RilkeFrom June 1 to 15, poets and festival visitors will jointly write a collaborative chain poem exploring the many facets of love in poetry — from every … Read more
Blog for Poetry
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zaesur.poesiekritik
Reviews and Event Recordingszæsur. poesiekritik is a freely accessible digital journal dedicated to critical reflection on the diverse forms and manifestations of poetry. … 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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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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British Council Poetry Competition for School Pupils 2026
The winnersThe British Council and Haus für Poesie are collaborating to host the seventh annual poetry competition for students in grades 6-12 in Germany. … Read more
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International gathering of festival organizers 2026
On the final day of the festival, we hosted our annual gathering of festival organizers at Haus für Poesie. Over a brunch buffet, participants … Read more
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