Experience five contemporary works with Jewish perspectives at this annual literature day. An inspiring day where you meet authors Benjamin Koppel, Daniel Dencik, Dmitrij Kapitelman, and Mette Schmidt, as well as Adam Paulsen and Kathrine Tschemerinsky, discussing Jean Améry's masterpiece.
Author Portraits
- Benjamin Koppel presents the third part of his family saga trilogy Hope's Sound, following a family from Poland in the 1800s to Denmark in the 1980s. Koppel's debut Anna's Song became a bestseller and won the Readers' Book Prize, while the sequel The Butterfly's Voice won the Golden Laurels.
- Daniel Dencik discusses his short story collection Crowns and Islands, where he explores money's role and influence on human lives. The author and filmmaker is known for the novels Second Person Singular and First Person Plural.
- Dmitrij Kapitelman – a German-Ukrainian-Jewish voice in European public discourse – shares his family's Russian and Ukrainian specialty shop in Germany and how the war divides the family.
- Mette Schmidt presents her literary debut The Jewish Doctor, telling the story of a physician who immigrated to Copenhagen from Amsterdam in the 1700s, exploring identity, faith, and the costs of assimilation.
- Jean Améry – The Austrian Holocaust survivor's classic At the Mind's Limits is discussed by translator Adam Paulsen and journalist Kathrine Tschemerinsky.
Michael Rachlin, editor of Jewish Perspectives, hosts the day at Det Jødiske Hus. Book sales at favorable prices available all day. Please note: large bags are not permitted.
