Conversation Cécile Wajsbrot and Marcel Beyer: "Nevermore" February 9, 2023
A photo collage featuring a photograph by Cécile Wajsbrot and the cover of her book *Nevermore*, published by Wallstein Verlag in 2021.
Literary Discussion
How does one write about destruction, mortality, and the passing of time? How does one translate this experience into language, and how does one translate it from one language to another?
Shortly before the commemoration of February 13, two authors—both of whom have repeatedly explored themes of contemporary history—discussed these questions: Cécile Wajsbrot, most recently in her novel *Nevermore* (Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2022), which is set in Dresden and centers on a female translator; and Marcel Beyer, author of the Dresden-set novel “Kaltenburg,” which Cécile Wajsbrot translated into French.
Cécile Wajsbrot, born in Paris in 1954 to Polish Jewish parents, lives in Paris and Berlin as an author and translator.
Marcel Beyer, born in 1965, lived in Cologne for many years before settling in Dresden in 1996. He writes essays, poetry, and novels and has received numerous awards.
In German.
Admission: 9 € / 6 € with a valid library card from the Dresden Municipal Libraries. Tickets available online or at the Herkuleskeule ticket counter on the ground floor of the Kulturpalast Dresden.
Free admission for students.
WHEN? February 9, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE? Central Library, Schlossstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
Photo 4 on the occasion of the event “Cécile Wajsbrot and Marcel Beyer: ‘Nevermore’—A Conversation on Memory, Writing, and Translation” on February 9, 2023, at the Central Library of the Dresden Municipal Libraries. © CFF
Photo 10 on the occasion of the event “Cécile Wajsbrot and Marcel Beyer: ‘Nevermore’—A Conversation on Memory, Writing, and Translation” on February 9, 2023, at the Central Library of the Dresden Municipal Libraries. © CFF
Photo 11 on the occasion of the event “Cécile Wajsbrot and Marcel Beyer: ‘Nevermore’—A Conversation on Memory, Writing, and Translation” on February 9, 2023, at the Central Library of the Dresden Municipal Libraries. © CFF
Photo 17 on the occasion of the event “Cécile Wajsbrot and Marcel Beyer: ‘Nevermore’—A Conversation on Memory, Writing, and Translation” on February 9, 2023, at the Central Library of the Dresden Municipal Libraries. © CFF
Photo 20 on the occasion of the event “Cécile Wajsbrot and Marcel Beyer: ‘Nevermore’—A Conversation on Memory, Writing, and Translation” on February 9, 2023, at the Central Library of the Dresden Municipal Libraries. © CFF
Photo 23 on the occasion of the event “Cécile Wajsbrot and Marcel Beyer: ‘Nevermore’—A Conversation on Memory, Writing, and Translation” on February 9, 2023, at the Central Library of the Dresden Municipal Libraries. © CFF
Photo 27 on the occasion of the event “Cécile Wajsbrot and Marcel Beyer: ‘Nevermore’—A Conversation on Memory, Writing, and Translation” on February 9, 2023, at the Central Library of the Dresden Municipal Libraries. © CFF
Photo 29 on the occasion of the event “Cécile Wajsbrot and Marcel Beyer: ‘Nevermore’—A Conversation on Memory, Writing, and Translation” on February 9, 2023, at the Central Library of the Dresden Municipal Libraries. © CFF
Photo 31 on the occasion of the event “Cécile Wajsbrot and Marcel Beyer: ‘Nevermore’—A Conversation on Memory, Writing, and Translation” on February 9, 2023, at the Central Library of the Dresden Municipal Libraries. © CFF
