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Helga Schubert

Helga Schubert, born in 1940 in Berlin, was a psychotherapist and writer in the GDR. She had withdrawn from public literary life until she won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2020 with her story ‘On Getting Up’. The eponymous volume of short stories was published by dtv in 2021 and was nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. ‘This Day. A Book of Hours on Love’ was published in 2023, and in 2024, Helga Schubert was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit.

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Finissage der Ausstellung „Leseland DDR“ der Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung zur SED-Diktatur

05.02.2026
18:00 (CEST)
Heimvolkshochschule Lubmin - Bildungshaus am Meer
Gartenweg 5
17509 Lubmin
Veranstaltung

Moderation : Luzia Stettler
28.03.2026
18:30 (CEST)
Lokremise
Grünbergstrasse 7
9000 St. Gallen
Veranstaltung

Moderation : Anne-Dore Krohn
16.04.2026
17:00 (CEST)
Der Buchladen Rügen
Markt 6
18569 Gingst / Insel Rügen
€15.00
Veranstaltung

Moderation : Rainer Moritz
17.04.2026
17:00 (CEST)
Der Buchladen Rügen
Markt 6
18569 Gingst / Insel Rügen
€15.00
Veranstaltung

19.04.2026
17:00 (CEST)
Dorfkirche Groß Trebbow
Pingelshagener Str. 28a
19069 Groß Trebbow