“Poetica” about “Blue Notes” – Impressive start to the second Cologne literature festival




“Poetica” start with (from left): Bernardo Atxaga, Paul Muldoon, Ana Ristovic, Günter Blamberger, Lavinia Greenlaw, Ales Steger, Sjón, Ilma Rakusa, Georgi Gospodinov and Yuri Andrukhovych. Photo: Costa Belibasakis

“will be died of blue days”: In the next few days the second Cologne “Poetica” is about “Blue Notes “and melancholy. Hartmut Wilmes

Lavinia Greenlaw has seen in the darkness of the Arctic winter and Mitt written a wonderful poem about her blue. Your colleague Ales Steger Slovenian seemed as curator of the second Cologne “Poetica” almost as if this has been written especially for the festival opening in the auditorium of the University II. After all, in the coming days to “Blue Notes” and melancholy

Before the verses, the program had set three greetings with University Rector Axel Freimuth held as a physicist. “Blue is a shortwave “. But also a mood or state of mind, like the nine charged poetesses and poets showed in their poems and interviews. Since, the Swiss Ilma Rakusa solidified on inventorying the beauties of Venice that it is precisely that man is missing, with which they experienced this. For them melancholy arises from the “permanent suffering of impermanence.” Georgi Gospodinov comes from Bulgaria, which was designated by the magazine “The Economist” as the saddest place in the world. “We are world champions of sadness,” he said – and drove them immediately with the wonderful “technique for boning of texts”. What the author said, showed Stefko Hanushevsky (Acting Cologne) in Germany Lecture: You simply take out all consonants and is replaced by a soft Wortbrei. With colleague Lou Strenger he shared the presentation of translations, while Philipp Pleßmann musical Bays contributed.

Günter Blamberger by co-organizing college Morphomata surveyed usual witty blue swatch of Heine about Novalis up to Hilde Dominguez, who was once “is died of blue days.” Not when it comes after the Spanish poet Bernardo Artxaga who showed himself accessible to death simply on any calendar day.

For the Serbian colleague Ana Ristovic “poetry is a dialogue with one’s own fears “. The Icelanders Sjón has a similar view, where it comes to the death certainty him. “The only thing you can do about it, is a poem – if you want to do more: writes novels.” Before deep blue stage the evening oscillated in languages ​​and temperaments: by Ukrainian artist Yuri Andrukhovych talk to Germans left Durs Grünbein. The eventually realized “that I’ve built my whole life on words”.

The finale was living in the United States Irishman Paul Muldoon. His poem for a 16-year-old suicide gathered an Apache chief and a medieval monk who broke during the flight from the church tower both legs. Put it Muldoon on tricky word puzzles? . “No, actually I seek clarity on” but poems would also reflect how complex was our stay in this world

Perhaps the most beautiful lines of the evening by the way derived from Ales Steger: ” Man is born under the blue sky. And under the blue sky he passes. In between, he is hoping for a bit of home country that grows it under your feet. “

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