Meeting to celebrate his 70th birthday on March 31st
The Literaturhaus Darmstadt invites you to an "Evening of Encounter" with Kurt Drawert on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at 7 p.m. The occasion is the writer's 70th birthday.
High-profile guests and reading
Mayor Hanno Benz will open the evening with a welcoming address. The laudatory speech will be given by Andreas Platthaus, literary editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
The program will be hosted by Ulrich Sonnenschein. Actress Karin Klein will read selected texts by Drawert.
The evening combines conversation and reading and pays tribute to the author's literary work.
Maps and further information
Tickets are available online in advance:
https://www.ztix.de/
Remaining tickets are available at the box office.
Further information about the Literaturhaus Darmstadt's program is available online:
https://www.literaturhaus-darmstadt.de/programm/
A prominent contemporary author
Kurt Drawert lives in Darmstadt and has shaped contemporary German literature for decades with his novels, poems, and essays. As director of the Darmstadt Text Workshop, he has also mentored numerous emerging authors.
(DARMSTADT – RED/PSD/dk)
