Goethe institut is holding a literature reading on the 200th Death Anniversary of Heinrich von Kleist
Date: November 21, 2011
Venue: Goethe Institut Library
Time: 6-7.30 pm
Readings on: German and English
Entry: Free
The German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer Heinrich von Kleist died on the 21st of November 1811. Kleist wrote many fine plays and short stories in the 19th century. He also wrote many letters and books about his life, his ideas on financial and military reforms and his crisis experience.
200 years after his death, two German institutions, the “internationales literaturfestival berlin” (ilb) and the Heinrich-von-Kleist society, have initiated a reading of his works to take place on 21st November in different locations around the world. The Goethe-Institut Nairobi, together with the DAAD and the University of Nairobi’s Literature Department has also organized a reading of a selection of texts by Kleist in German and in English. The texts will be read by Anja Bengelstorff, Anna Mwangi, Dr. Tom Odhiambo and Dr. Georg Verweyen.
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