Der Nobelpreis für Literatur 1966

The Representative Office of the Free State of Saxony in Berlin, the Berlin State Library, and the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow invite you to an evening commemorating the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to S. J. Agnon and Nelly Sachs 60 years ago. Literary scholar Lina Barouch (London), writer Aris Fioretos (Stockholm), and Thomas Sparr, longtime director of the Jewish Publishing House and Editor at Large for Suhrkamp (Berlin), will reflect on the events of 1966 and explore how Jewish and German history intersect in the works of Agnon and Sachs.

Program

Welcome
Prof. Dr. Achim Bonte, Director General of the Berlin State Library

Greetings

Aline Fiedler, Department Head at the Saxon State Ministry of Science, Culture, and Tourism
Prof. Dr. Yfaat Weiss, Director of the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow

Keynote Address
Dr. Caroline Jessen, Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow

Following this, literary scholar Dr. Lina Barouch (London), writer Aris Fioretos (Stockholm), and Thomas Sparr, longtime director of the Jewish Publishing House and Editor at Large for Suhrkamp (Berlin), will discuss the paths of Jewish literature.

The evening’s musical accompaniment will be provided by Assaf Levitin, cantor at the egalitarian minyan of the Jewish Community of Stuttgart, and Naaman Wagner on the piano.