Hindi translation of the book "Widerfahrnis"
Save the date for the Book Launch and conversation for the Hindi translation of the book "Widerfahrnis" by Bodo Kirchhoff, translated by Shipra Chaturvedi. The discussion will be expertly moderated by Puneet Kaur. Join us as we celebrate the publication of this thought-provoking book and engage in a dynamic conversation about its themes and messages. This is a unique opportunity to hear from the translator and the moderator, and to connect with fellow book lovers.
Registration
Day/Date: Tuesday, 7.02.2023
Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
The Book "Widerfahrnis"
Reither was a publisher in a big city. After closing his publishing house settled in the small valley. By chance, he finds a novel without any title. He brings it home and thinks he would read it. The same evening his doorbell rings and an unknown lady comes. After a small conversation both of them decide to set on a journey and they leave their place right at midnight. This lady has closed her shop where she used to sell hats. She has a feeling there are no more suitable faces for her hats and Reither thinks that there are more writers than readers. During their journey, they find love and meet an orphan girl, a man from Nigeria who helps him. These incidents trigger memories of loss, parenthood and the desire for a new beginning in them.
The Panellists
Bodo Kirchhoff
Bodo Kirchhoff, born in 1948, lives in Frankfurt am Main and on Lake Garda. After his critically and publicly acclaimed novels
Die Liebe in groben Zügen (2012) and
Verlangen und Melancholie (2014), Bodo Kirchhoff was awarded the German Book Prize for his novella Widerfahrnis (2016), which has been translated into numerous languages.
He will participate online.
Shipra Chaturvedi
Shipra Chaturvedi has been teaching German since 1984. She is a Teachers’ trainer and Disseminator of Goethe Institut, and Coordinator, Lucknow region for the Kendriya Vidyalaya Project by Max Mueller Bhavan. She is the North zone representative of InDaf (Indo-German Teachers Association). She received a scholarship from Translation House, Looren, Switzerland in 2012, 2016 and 2019.
The Moderator
Puneet Kaur
Puneet Kaur heads the BKD at the Goethe-Institut in New Delhi and also the German in 1000 Schools project since 2011. From 2008- 2011 she worked as the project officer "Schools: Partners of the Future". She is the founding member and currently the President of the Indian German Teachers Association "InDaF". Since 2013, she has been serving as the Secretary General of International German Teachers Association (IDV).
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