Literary-Musical Matinée

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Introduction/Abstract

Reading and discussion with Francesca Melandri (Rome) 
Moderator: Katja Gasser (Vienna)
 Music: Simon Zöchbauer and the Koehne Quartet – Joanna Lewis (violin), Anne Harvey-Nagl (violin), Lena Fankhauser (viola), Melissa Coleman (cello)
Presentation of the Austrian Book Trade Honorary Award for Tolerance in Thought and Action to Francesca Melandri by HVB President Benedikt Föger.
 Laudatio speech: Helena Janeczek

The literary and musical Sunday matinée is dedicated to the work and ideas of Francesca Melandri. The writer joins in conversation with Katja Gasser and also gives a reading, which highlights the special aspects of her literature and humanitarian engagement. These qualities merit the presentation to Melandri of the 2019 Austrian Book Trade Honorary Award for Tolerance in Thought and Action.

Followed by reception hosted by the Mayor of the City of Krems, Reinhard Resch.

The Austrian composer and trumpeter Simon Zöchbauer, renowned through his ensemble Federspiel, performs together with the Koehne Quartet, one of Europe’s leading string quartets for contemporary music.

In cooperation with the Association of the Austrian Book Trade (HVB) and the City of Krems.

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Francesca Melandri,

b. 1964, is an Italian writer. She has written numerous screenplays for films and television series. Her third novel, Alle, außer mir, was an international bestseller. Her latest book in German: Alle, außer mir, 2018.

“Francesca Melandri’s novel ‘Alle, außer mir’ is Italy’s export hit. The writer delves deep into the country’s colonial past and says that she has understood something fundamental – the difference between xenophobia and racism.”
Andrea Gerk, ARD, Deutschlandfunk