The Wendlinghausen Castle has been a fixed location in the festival program for many years – a place of trust, of return, of encounter. How precious this is is shown in Tove Ditlevsen's novel "Youth," from which the actress Franziska Hartmann, winner of the German Acting Award 2024, reads.

In the second part of her Copenhagen trilogy, Ditlevsen tells of a youth between confinement and departure, of familial constraints and the desire to lead a free life as a writer. It is the story of a young woman who bravely seeks her path – against the resistance of her surroundings.

Daniel Schreiber also repeatedly dedicates himself in his essays to the question of one's own place in the world. Whether in "Sober," "Home," or "The Time of Losses" – he connects personal experiences with societal questions and finds a language full of empathy and clarity. For this evening, he compiles a selection of his texts.

The reading will be musically accompanied by James Scannell and Jonas Müller on saxophone.