Reading & discussion with Daniela Dröscher: ‘Young Woman with Cat’

Shortly before completing her doctorate, Ela experiences a breakdown. While she unconsciously struggles with the question of whether she really deserves her place in the academic world, her body rebels: her throat, her heart, her skin – Ela is on fire and falls into ever greater panic.

Like the story of her mother, to whom Daniela Dröscher dedicated her highly successful novel ‘Lügen über meine Mutter’ (Lies About My Mother), Ela's late self-discovery and self-empowerment is masterfully constructed as autofiction, psychologically compelling and hilariously funny.

Daniela Dröscher, born in 1977, received her doctorate in media studies from the University of Potsdam and a diploma in ‘Scenic Writing’ from the University of Graz. Her debut novel, Die Lichter des George Psalmanazar (The Lights of George Psalmanazar), was published in 2009. She has been awarded the Robert Gernhardt Prize (2017), among others. Her novel Lügen über meine Mutter (Lies About My Mother, 2022) was shortlisted for the German Book Prize and will soon be released as a film.



Moderator: Claudia Johanna Bauer


An event in cooperation with VHS Reinickendorf as part of the LESEZEICHEN Literatur live in Tegel series.



(IN GERMAN)