Othman, Inana

Inana Othman is an author, researcher and translator. At the intersection of the political-historical, imaginary and lyrical-corporeal, she writes and translates multi-, as well as inter-linguistic, -sensual and -medial. Lyrical texts from her project “Vorwärts Erinnern” (Forward Remembering) appeared in the magazine “Vergangenheit vorhersagen” (2022). In 2023 she received the SchreibZeit scholarship from the Lower Saxony Foundation.

Festival Content

Poets‘ Corner in Pankow – Prenzlauer Berg

Zukunft erinnern

Friedhof St. Marien und St. Nikolai I | Prenzlauer Allee 1 | 10405 Berlin

 

St. Marien- und St. Nikolai-Friedhof I in Prenzlauer Berg is perhaps the most beautiful cemetery in Berlin. Wild growth, winding paths, impressive grave monuments, an interesting history, guided tours on wild herbs, and the Verwalterhaus at its entrance, where current art and culture are on display: An acoustic island in the midst of the city noise, a small biotope in the concrete landscape. This is a place with a special temporality, where past and future are closely interwoven. Here we want to practice foreboding, which is expressed by the same word as ancestor in German language: How much future may be found in remembering? What can roots tell me about the future? Can I build portals? Can I learn to remember differently, better? More optimistically? Can language help me to do this? Can I help the language to do this? 

 

Bulucz, Alexandru • Hapeyeva, Volha • Othman, Inana • Robles, Ingeborg • Hardy, Marie-Pascale