"Das steinerne Herz" Event accompanying the Arno Schmidt Exhibition
On 9 January, one day before the exhibition closes, artists who are Schmidt enthusiasts will read “Das steinerne Herz”. Published in 1956, this was the first German novel set in both West Germany and East Berlin. Readers include Jutta Brückner, Friedrich Christian Delius, Friedrich Dieckmann, Susanne Fischer, Ulrich Gerhardt, Dieter Goltzsche, Christoph Hein, Kerstin Hensel, Reinhard Jirgl, Angela Krauß, Robert Kudielka, Thomas Lehr, Ulrich Matthes, Ulrich Peltzer, Enno Poppe, Peter Raue, Jan Philipp Reemtsma, Kathrin Röggla, Thomas Rosenlöcher, Ingo Schulze, Gustav Seibt, Uwe Timm, and Klaus Völker.