Katie Kitamura - The Lives We Imagine

Description

Against the backdrop of her acclaimed new novel Audition (2025), American writer Katie Kitamura addresses the themes that run through her entire work: identity and staging, intimacy and alienation, memory and imagination. How do we create the stories we tell about ourselves and others? And what happens when these narratives begin to fall apart? Katie Kitamura discusses with writer Uzodinma Iweala the unique power of literature to embrace ambiguity rather than resolve it. An evening about the lives we lead – and those we imagine. Dr. Katie Kitamura is the author of five novels, including Audition, Intimacies, and A Separation. Audition was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, while Intimacies was named one of the ten best books of 2021 by the New York Times. Her works have been translated into more than twenty languages. In 2026, Kitamura will be a Berlin Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. Uzodinma Iweala is an award-winning writer and physician. After Beasts of No Nation, Our Kind of People, and Speak No Evil, he recently completed the essay collection United States of Ambivalence. Iweala lives in Heidelberg and is a Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies at Heidelberg University. Language: English Language: English In cooperation with the American Academy in Berlin.

Highlights

• Discussion with acclaimed author Katie Kitamura
• Focus on themes of identity and storytelling
• In cooperation with the American Academy in Berlin

General Information

Katie Kitamura will explore the themes of her new novel, Audition, in a conversation with Uzodinma Iweala. The event will delve into the complexities of identity, memory, and the narratives we create about ourselves.

Location

Sofienstraße 12, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany

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