Axel Hacke reads and tells stories

He tells us how he went about it. He also reads to us. But as he can’t read everything (certainly not in a single evening), he reads only the best – or, to be precise, the very best, the funniest, the most thought-provoking, the wisest, the most heart-warming – so that one might say: in fact, he has spent his entire life as an author preparing solely for this evening – yes, exactly: for the best evening, no, the very best.

Axel Hacke lives in Munich as a writer. He is famous for his column *Das Beste aus aller Welt* (*The Best from All Over the World*), which he has been publishing every Friday in the *Süddeutsche Zeitung*’s magazine for decades. His books are bestsellers. His work has been honoured with, amongst others, the Joseph Roth Prize, two Egon Erwin Kisch Prizes, the Theodor Wolff Prize and, most recently, the Ben Witter Prize in 2019.

Over many decades, Hacke has written several thousand columns, primarily for the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, as well as more than thirty books. So what is he doing now? He’s telling us how he did it. He’ll also be reading to us. But as he cannot read everything (certainly not in a single evening), he reads only the best – or, to be precise, the very best, the funniest, the most thought-provoking, the wisest, the most heart-warming – so that one might say: in fact, he has spent his entire life as an author preparing solely for this evening; yes, exactly: for the best evening – no, the very best.

Axel Hacke lives in Munich as a writer. He is famous for his column *Das Beste aus aller Welt* (*The Best from All Over the World*), which he has been publishing every Friday in the *Süddeutsche Zeitung*’s magazine for decades. His books are bestsellers. His work has been honoured with, amongst others, the Joseph Roth Prize, two Egon Erwin Kisch Prizes, the Theodor Wolff Prize and, most recently, the Ben Witter Prize in 2019.

(Language: German)