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7:00 PM-8:30 PM, MEZ
Meet the Author with Jakob Hein
Author talk|Online book presentation and discussion
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The story links this absurd idea to a real historical event: the billion-dollar loan that Franz Josef Strauß negotiated for the GDR in 1983. Hein uses this to tell a humorous, pointed and deliberately exaggerated explanation of how this political coup came about – including a ‘miracle of Bavaria’ that steers the plot in increasingly bizarre directions.
Author Jakob Hein will be a guest at Meet the Author in March 2026 to present his novel in conversation with Dorine Schellens, assistant professor at Leiden University. The event will take place online and in German.
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Jakob Hein, born in Leipzig in 1971, is an author and doctor.
After studying medicine in various cities around the globe, he joined the Reformbühne Heim & Welt theatre group in 1998. Since then, he has regularly performed his texts at Berlin's Kaffee Burger, the ‘oldest, most successful and probably best reading stage in the world’. He has also published several books, most recently his novels Vor mir den Tag und hinter mir die Nacht (Before Me the Day and Behind Me the Night) and Liebe ist ein hormonell bedingter Zustand (Love is a Hormonal Condition) with Piper Verlag.
Some of his literary gems can also be found in the anthologies Pauschal ins Paradies (All-Inclusive to Paradise) and 15 Jahre Reformbühne Heim & Welt – Am besten was Neues (15 Years of Reformbühne Heim & Welt – Something New is Best), both published by Voland & Quist.
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Dorine Schellens is a research assistant at Leiden University and works in the field of contemporary Russian and German literature and culture. Her current research project, Beyond Post-Communism: Imagining the Future in Times of Transition focuses on ideas of (alternative) future scenarios in Russian and East German literature and art from the period of perestroika and the 1990s. She is also active in the academic solidarity network The University of New Europe, which supports students, researchers and cultural workers who are at risk due to Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Do you love books and are you looking for new reading material? Meet the Author presents exciting German-language books, from debuts and bestsellers to narrative non-fiction. Hear directly from the authors how their stories come about and what inspires them. Participation is free and open to everyone. Register via the link and simply tune in!
