Literature Autumn
Frankfurt Book Fair 2017

How safe is it to be a satirist these days, and what makes the French and the Germans laugh? These questions were the focus of the “ultimate intercultural good will satire massacre”.

For his novel, “Die Hauptstadt”, the author has been distinguished with the industry’s most prestigious award. This book on the political goings-on in Brussels is a plea for a Europe above and beyond national egocentrisms.   

With her “Madgermanes”, Birgit Weyhe has revisited Afro-German history, and in a certain way a part of her very own biography. On the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair, in our Comic Interview she responds to questions about her work and about France, this year’s Book Fair Guest of Honour.

With his graphic novel “Der Traum von Olympia” Reinhard Kleist created a highly moving illustrated commentary on the debate about refugees and migration. On the occasion of the Frankfurt Book fair in the interview he responds to questions about his work and France, this year’s Book Fair Guest of Honour.

Flix likes unconventional formats, for example comic book readings – calling them “slow cinema”.  His best-known comic figure is “held”, who has clear autobiographical traits. On the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair, in our interview Flix answers with drawings some questions on his work and on France, the Guest of Honour at the Book Fair

Tokyo in the 1940s, St. Pauli in the post-War period, present-day Berlin: Isabel Kreitz’ illustrations transport viewers into different worlds and yet are highly modern. On the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair, in our interview she answers questions on her work and on France, the fair’s guest country.

The Goethe-Institut makes its way to the vibrant literary scene of the Frankfurt Book Fair with an extensive programme.