Berlin International Literature Festival
berlin international literature festival german internationale literaturfestival berlin ilb annual event based berlin every september festival present contemporary poetry prose nonfiction graphic novel international childrens young adult literature renowned author present next new talent within wideranging political programme festival event internationale peterweissstiftung founder festival director ulrich schreiber th ilb set take place september founder director festival ulrich schreiber festival organized peterweissstiftung für kunst und politik e v festival take place various location berlin since main venue haus der berliner festspiele festival primarily supported hauptstadtkulturfonds capital cultural fund sponsor include federal foreign office heinrichböllstiftung foundation jan michalski well embassy cultural institute publisher festival programme divided subsection literature world reflection special international children’s young adult literature speak memory special section subdivided new german voice slam revue scritture giovani international competition young author every year graphic novel day featured festival since internationallyrenowned guest author ilb voluntarily visited berlin prison festival read book discus inmate since annual collaboration science year initiative federal ministry education research since ilb cooperated cluster excellence temporal community literature global perspective fu berlin event ilb text presented author mother tongue followed german translation reading performed actor discussion presenter author audience follows reading november berlin international literature festival published appeal support ashraf fayadh saudi arabian poet imprisoned lashed apostasy worldwide reading january every year ilb open celebratory opening event opening speaker included petina gappah eva menasse elif shafak césar aira javier marías pankaj mishra taiye selasi liao yiwu tahar ben jelloun juan goytisolo arundhati roy nancy huston david grossman édouard glissant carlos fuentes antjie krog shashi tharoor dževad karahasan charles simic da außergewöhnliche buch translation extraordinary book international childrens youth literature prize since awarded every year september childrens youth literature section festival award honor remarkable book child teenager young adult book selected group voting member change annually voting group consists mainly international adult writer illustrator also included scientist politician young writer member selects one book awarded member previous year included azouz begag john boyne jennifer clement roddy doyle jón gnarr david graeber robert habeck navid kermani geert mak scott mccloud david van reybrouck boualem sansal riad sattouf raoul schrott meg wolitzer book awarded including invisible city adventure pinocchio diary young girl struwwelpeter odyssey little prince treasure island around world eighty day momo michael ende twice arrival shaun tan ronia robber daughter astrid lindgren watership richard adam skellig david almond quixote miguel de cervantes alchemist paulo coelho danny champion world roald dahl emil detective erich kästner golden compass philip pullman history western philosophy bertrand russell hole louis sachar river alessandro sanna sidewalk end shel silverstein treasure island robert louis stevenson brown girl dreaming jacqueline woodson michael ende sixtime winner night wish neverending story momo roald dahl fivetime winner charlie chocolate factory danny champion world wonderful story henry sugar six bfg shaun tan fivetime winner lost thing arrival astrid lindgren fourtime winner mio son ronia robber daughter tonke dragt threetime winner letter king aan de andere kant van de deur torenhoog en mijlenbreed erich kästner threetime winner th may conrad ride south sea emil detective mark twain threetime winner adventure huckleberry finn adventure tom sawyer roughing since author country presented work festival among nobel prize winner svetlana alexievich j coetzee nadine gordimer günter grass doris lessing herta müller orhan pamuk wole soyinka mario vargas llosa gao xingjian well charles simic han kang juli zeh rebecca solnit monica ali samantha schweblin carla guelfenbein yasmina reza mona eltahawy hanan alshaykh marie ndiaye ozge samanci dacia maraini ljudmila ulitzkaya bernice chauly laksmi pamuntiak antonio tabucchi festival main sponsor hauptstadtkulturfonds berlin additional sponsor federal foreign office heinrich böll foundation foundation jan michalski embassy cultural institute publishing house catalogue annuallypublished festival catalogue contains photo biography selected bibliography participating writer berlin anthology author participated program section literature world come together select poem published original language german translation scritture giovani year ilb publishes five short story exclusively written ilb scritture giovani contest according specific theme language five participating country uk italy norway germany guest country official festival website programme booklet opening speech official website worldwide reading word alliance da außergewöhnliche buch website german da außergewöhnliche buch website english children´s youth program international literature festival berlin english key fact