Birgit Birnbacher

Description

Birnbacher talks about a son who has ADHD and a mother who fights against external labels. Oz is different, he struggles in school, but this time something really stupid happened to him. On the way home, he wishes for at least a small catastrophe to distract his mother from the letter from the teacher. When Oz comes home, something has indeed happened. The grandmother has disappeared. Birnbacher has found a tone that is both light and empathetic to write about the wild growth in thinking – and about the opportunities it brings. "Birgit Birnbacher still masters the oldest and noblest art: storytelling as a soul-saving measure." (Clemens J. Setz) A cooperation with the German Seminar and the Medical Humanities at the University of Basel Participants and additional information: BIRGIT BIRNBACHER (*1985 in Schwarzach) lives as a writer in Salzburg. Her debut novel "Wir ohne Wal" (2016) was awarded the Jürgen-Ponto-Foundation Literature Prize, and she has received numerous other awards, including the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2019. Recent publications: "Ich an meiner Seite" (2020) and "Wovon wir leben" (2023).

Highlights

• Reading by Birgit Birnbacher
• Addresses ADHD and family challenges
• Cooperation with the German Seminar at the University of Basel

General Information

Birgit Birnbacher presents her reading at the Literature House Basel, where she tells about a boy with ADHD and his mother. The event highlights the challenges and opportunities associated with such topics.

Location

Barfüssergasse 3, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

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