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Lutz Seiler: »Das tickende Herz«
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October 15, 2026 / 7:00 p.m. / Hall
LITERARY FALL 2026
Lutz Seiler “The Ticking Heart”
Reading from the new novel and conversation with Alexander Cammann
“The Ticking Heart” is a romance, an environmental novel, and a novel about a poet: At the dawn of the new millennium, Carl Bischoff returns to Berlin from the Brandenburg countryside, only to set out again soon after. His journey follows that of a Kazakh shaman’s daughter—who seems to have appeared out of nowhere and appears to know almost everything about him. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Curonian Spit, and the winter-cold steppes of Kazakhstan are the stops along the way in their fairy-tale-like, magical, yet dubious love story. Following the award-winning bestsellers *Kruso* and *Stern 111*, Lutz Seiler continues the story of his hero’s life, in which world history and personal fate intersect. (Suhrkamp 2026)
Lutz Seiler, born in 1963, grew up in eastern Thuringia. After completing an apprenticeship as a construction worker and performing basic military service in the NVA, he studied history and German language and literature at Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale) until early 1990. Since 1997, he has directed the literary program at the Peter-Huchel-Haus near Potsdam. From 1993 to 1998, Seiler was co-editor of the literary journal *moosbrand*. He initially wrote mainly poetry and essays, and later also short stories and novels. In 2007, Seiler was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his short story “Turksib.” In 2014, he received the German Book Prize for his debut novel “Kruso.” His second novel, “Stern 111,” was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2020. In 2023, he received the Georg Büchner Prize. Lutz Seiler lives as a freelance writer with his wife in Wilhelmshorst and Stockholm.
Alexander Cammann, born in Rostock in 1973 and raised in Berlin, studied history and philosophy there. As a freelance journalist, he has written for publications including *taz* and *FAZ*. Since 2009, he has been the editor responsible for nonfiction in the arts and culture section of *Die Zeit*. He lives in Berlin.
Admission: Advance tickets 10.00 / 7.00 EUR (plus advance booking fee); at the Box Office 12.00 / 8.00 EUR. An event of the Literary Autumn, sponsored by the City of Leipzig and the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
Lutz Seiler, born in 1963, grew up in eastern Thuringia. After completing an apprenticeship as a construction worker and performing basic military service in the NVA, he studied history and German language and literature at Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale) until early 1990. Since 1997, he has directed the literary program at the Peter-Huchel-Haus near Potsdam. From 1993 to 1998, Seiler was co-editor of the literary journal *moosbrand*. He initially wrote mainly poetry and essays, and later also short stories and novels. In 2007, Seiler was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his short story “Turksib.” In 2014, he received the German Book Prize for his debut novel “Kruso.” His second novel, “Stern 111,” was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2020. In 2023, he received the Georg Büchner Prize. Lutz Seiler lives as a freelance writer with his wife in Wilhelmshorst and Stockholm.
Alexander Cammann, born in Rostock in 1973 and raised in Berlin, studied history and philosophy there. As a freelance journalist, he has written for publications including *taz* and *FAZ*. Since 2009, he has been the editor responsible for nonfiction in the arts and culture section of *Die Zeit*. He lives in Berlin.
Admission: Advance tickets 10.00 / 7.00 EUR (plus advance booking fee); at the Box Office 12.00 / 8.00 EUR. An event of the Literary Autumn, sponsored by the City of Leipzig and the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
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