van Hengel, Willi

Willi van Hengel (c) Tim Noack

Willi van Hengel, born in 1963 in Oberbruch, has lived in Berlin since 2008. He works as an editor in the German Bundestag and is also a novelist, playwright author and poet. The audiobook “Wir werden über die Einfachheit unserer Liebe” (GD Publishing 2024) was published in early 2024. The novel “Entstellung des Gesichts” will be published in early 2025.

Festival Content

Poets‘ Corner in Charlottenburg

Wir werden über die Einfachheit unserer Liebe staunen

Villa Oppenheim, Schloßstr. 55 | Otto-Grünberg-Weg, 14059 Berlin| Free entry

Love poetry is old as the genre itself and to this day, poetry tells of the great pains and joys of love. On this summer evening, we share sorrows and desires in a place that, as an archive and museum, surely has seen some romances in the past. Among others, the Berlin project Lost&Found, which invites authors to write poetic texts based on found black and white photographs, will provide insights into its edition IN LOVE FROM. Love usually goes better with music, so there will be musical interventions as well.

 

Tikhonov, Aleksej • Maurin, Aurélie • van Hengel, Willi • Ensom, Carl • Niss, Noa Sophie