We are excited to welcome the acclaimed Austrian-Slovenian author Ana Marwan to the ACF London this winter. Marwan will read from and discuss her award-winning short story, Wechselkröte (True Toad), which earned her the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Literary Prize in 2022. She will be joined by journalist and broadcaster Seán Williams, who will engage with her in a lively discussion about the text, its themes, and the nuances of its English translation.
This bilingual event, hosted by Andrea Capovilla, promises to provide fascinating insights into Marwan’s literary work and the creative process behind her acclaimed writing.
Join us for an enriching evening of literature and conversation!
Ana Marwan's reading of extracts from the text will be followed by a discussion with Seán Williams and a Q&A. The evening is moderated by Andrea Capovilla, director of the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature & Culture.
This reading is accessible for non-German speakers.
The event is organised in cooperation with the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature & Culture at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (University of London).
Born and raised in Slovenia, Ana Marwan moved to Vienna at the age of 25 to study literature and write prose as well as poetry in both German and Slovenian. Marwan works as a freelance author, and is currently the editor of the Austrian literary magazine “Literatur & Kritik“. She was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2022 for her short story “Wechselkröte” (Otto-Müller-Verlag, 2022), and is also a contributing author to schreibART, a literature program of the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs.
Dr Seán Williams is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, a journalist and broadcaster. He specialises in German and European Cultural History and covered the Principality of Liechtenstein for the Economist on the state's 300th anniversary. Williams researches literary and cultural history since the eighteenth century. His specialism is on the German and, more widely, “Germanic”-speaking worlds. This work includes the intersections of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland with Britain, the Netherlands, and especially Northern Italy.
