Take a seat at the main reading of poets Dalia Taha and Hannah K Bründl. This is the moment to get to know both the poetry and the person behind it.
Dalia Taha (1986, PSE) was born in Berlin but grew up and works in Palestine. She gained recognition as a poet, teacher, and playwright, with work staged internationally, from European theatres to the West Bank. In her poetry, she interweaves language and history with the reality of life in Palestine.
Hannah K Bründl (1996, AUT) is a promising voice in the Austrian poetry scene, writing socially critical and formally free poetry. You can sense her background as a theatre maker when her stanzas unfold like scenes playing out before your eyes. Her experimental detours lead you past unexpected figures before returning to themes such as power structures and violence against women.
Host Jelle van Riet opens the main reading with a short introductory conversation. After that, both poets will read from their own work, sharing a personal selection of brand-new poems, their response to the festival theme, or a surprising gem from their oeuvre.
