Katerina Poladjan in Freising: Reading from Goldstrand at the Literary Autumn
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Katerina Poladjan reads in Freising from Goldstrand
An evening about memory, origin, and the fractures of European history: At the 44th Literary Autumn, Katerina Poladjan presents her award-winning novel Goldstrand. On December 3, 2026, the audience at the bookstore Bücher Pustet meets an author whose prose combines historical experience, fine humor, and psychological precision into an idiosyncratic linguistic art.
A novel between Odessa, Rome, and the Black Sea coast
Goldstrand begins in 1922. A young woman climbs the railing of a passenger ship a few miles from Odessa. From this moment of hesitation, Katerina Poladjan develops a multifaceted literary panorama that connects personal destinies with the political and social upheavals of Europe.
At its center is the Bulgarian resort Goldstrand, which emerges in the 1950s as a socialist holiday destination. Poladjan weaves different times, spaces, and life stories into a cheerful-melancholic image of the present. Her narrative composition works with fragments, shifts in perspective, and historical resonances, without reducing the characters to their past.
Linguistic art with historical depth
Katerina Poladjan connects literary precision with great readability. Her novels question identity, migration, memory, and the relationship between private biography and public history. This creates a special reading atmosphere: quiet observations meet surprising twists, melancholic motifs resonate with a lucid, sometimes light-footed narrative tone.
For Goldstrand, Poladjan was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in the fiction category in 2026. Previously, she received, among others, the Nelly Sachs Prize, the Rheingau Literature Prize, and the Grand Prize of the German Literature Fund. These awards underscore the literary quality of a work that understands cultural memory not as a museum archive but as a living presence.
An author of European interspaces
Poladjan was born in Moscow, grew up in Rome and Vienna, and now lives in Berlin. She writes novels, essays, and theater texts. Her important works include In a Night, Elsewhere, Maybe Marseille, Here are Lions, and Future Music. Her texts navigate between family history, political memory, and the question of how people find their place in a world marked by upheaval.
The event thus offers far more than a classic book presentation. It promises an intensive author encounter, insights into the creation of an award-winning novel, and a literary experience for all who are interested in contemporary literature, European history, and the art of storytelling.
Conclusion: Experience literature live
Katerina Poladjan's reading from Goldstrand leads into a world between the Black Sea coast, memory, and European modernity. Those who wish to directly experience the linguistic craftsmanship of the author and encounter a contemporary novel of the German-speaking literary scene will find a particularly impressive evening at the 44th Literary Autumn in Freising.
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