Tikhonov, Aleksej

(c) Maria Gerasimova

Aleksej Tikhonov is a linguist and Slavicist. In 2020, he defended his doctoral thesis at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Since 2020, he has been co-developing transcription algorithms at the University of Freiburg that automatically translate Ukrainian, Russian and Yiddish manuscripts into printed texts. Starting in Berlin in 2019, he has been continuing his habilitation project at the University of Zurich since 2023, which focuses on multilingualism in German rap and post-migrant society in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and how multilingual lyrics form hybrid identities. He has been writing poetry and prose since 2015 and co-founded the osTraum Journal in Berlin in 2016.

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