The Eifel Literatur Festival (german: Eifel Literatur Festival) is a volunteer-organized literature event held in the

Eifel mountains The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

in the German state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

every two years as part of the state's "Cultural Summer". The aim of the festival is to raise the Eifel onto the European literature stage. The festival originated from a private initiative by Germanic scholar, Dr. Josef Zierden. In 1994, he inaugurated the Eifel Literature Festival in the town of

Prüm Prüm () is a town in the Westeifel (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. Formerly a district capital, today it is the administrative seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Prüm. Geography Prüm lies on the river Prüm (a tri ...

, in the small cashier's room of a bank, as an accompanying programme for the presentation of his book "The Eifel in Literature".

History

Until 2001, the focus was on

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literature from or about the

Eifel The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

. Later the literary programme was expanded: the Eifel was to become a literary stage for authors outside the Eifel, for example, for

Martin Walser Martin Walser (; born 24 March 1927) is a German writer. Life Walser was born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, on Lake Constance. His parents were coal merchants, and they also kept an inn next to the train station in Wasserburg. He described the e ...

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and

Siegfried Lenz Siegfried Lenz (; 17 March 19267 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's bi ...

in 2001. Having taken place for a week in the autumn, from 1994 to 1998, its duration was extended to readings from May to November. In 2006, the 7th Eifel Literature Festival went beyond the boundaries of the county of

Bitburg-Prüm The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm ( lb, Äifelkrees Béibreg-Prüm) is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) Luxembourg, Belgium and the districts of Euskirchen, Vulkaneifel, Bernkastel-Wittlich and ...

and recorded over 10,000 visitors at about 20 readings in the neighbouring counties of Daun (today

Vulkaneifel Vulkaneifel () is a district (''Kreis'') in the northwest of the state Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the least densely populated district in the state and the fourth most sparsely populated district in Germany. The administrative centre of ...

Bernkastel-Wittlich Bernkastel-Wittlich (German: ''Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich'') is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Vulkaneifel, Cochem-Zell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Birkenfeld, Trier-Saarbur ...

Ahrweiler Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler () is a spa town in the German Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the capital of the Ahrweiler district. The A61 motorway connects the town with cities like Cologne and Mainz. Formed by the merging of the ...

and

Mayen-Koblenz Mayen-Koblenz is a district (''Kreis'') in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Ahrweiler (district), Ahrweiler, Neuwied (district), Neuwied, Westerwaldkreis, district-free Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn ...

as well as

Euskirchen Euskirchen (; Ripuarian: ''Öskerche'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the district Euskirchen. While Euskirchen resembles a modern shopping town, it also has a history dating back over 700 years, having been granted to ...

and

in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

2008 Festival

The eighth festival in 2008 covered all ten counties of the Eifel - all the way to North Rhine-Westphalia. Authors were also be invited as guests in the

German-speaking Community of Belgium The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeenschap), since 2017 also known as East Belgium (german: links=no, Ostbelgien), is ...

. The 2008 festival ran from 25 April to 14 November. The weekly programme included 30 events at 18 venues with authors and recitators, from Martin Walser to

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, from

Senta Berger Senta Verhoeven (née Berger; ''Austrian German:'' , ; born 13 May 1941) is an Austrian-German actress. She received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include three Bambi Awards, two Romys, an Ad ...

to Father

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, from

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and

Ingo Schulze Ingo Schulze (born 15 December 1962) is a German writer born in Dresden in former East Germany. He studied classical philology at the University of Jena for five years, and, until German reunification, was an assistant director (dramatic arts a ...

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2010 Festival

With around 15,000 visitors at 28 events, the 9th Eifel Literature Festival in 2010 was the most successful in its historyData from Dr. Josef Zierden, organizer of the festival. With about 1,100 visitors to the monastery church of Himmerod Abbey, Father Anselm Grün set the record for the number of visitors. For the first time a festival journal was published in spring and autumn 2010: with many interviews, photo documentaries and background information on past and upcoming events. The magazine ''buchjournal''''buchjournal'', Issue 1/2010, p. 39 ranked the festival among the twelve most important literary events of 2010.

International Eifel Literature Prize

In 2008, the 1st International Eifel Literature Prize was awarded, with 15,000 euros for the first prize and 3,000 euros for the 'advancement award' (''Förderpreis''). The international character of the literature prize is intended to reflect the cross-border character of the festival. The jury (Martin Lüdke, head of SWR Literature, ''Literatur im Foyer'', chairman; Sigrid Löffler, ''Literaturen''; and Volker Hage, ''Der Spiegel''") chose British writer

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(Glasgow), one of the most important contemporary voices in Great Britain, for the main prize. She awarded the advancement prize to

Wolfgang Herrndorf Wolfgang Herrndorf (12 June 1965 in Hamburg – 26 August 2013 in Berlin) was a German author, painter, and illustrator. Life and career In 2002, his debut novel ''In Plüschgewittern'' was published by Zweitausendeins. Despite the protagonist ...

(Berlin).

Prizes

* Eifel Award 2010 of the Zukunftsinitiative Eifel (ZIE), awarded in March 2011 at the ITB Berlin. * Wolf von Reis Cultural Prize of the Eifel Club 2011, awarded in May 2011 in Hellenthal/ Eifel.

Authors

Authors who have been guests at the Eifel Literature Festival include:

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, Klaus Bednarz,

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& Sabine Stamer,

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, Sibylle Knauss,

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and

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References

External links

Official website of the Eifel Literature Festival
Literary festivals in Germany Rhineland Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate Events in Rhineland-Palatinate Events in North Rhine-Westphalia Culture of the Eifel Euskirchen (district) Aachen (district)