Treffen junge Szene
Nahaufnahme 2024 © Berliner Festspiele, Foto: Dave Grossmann
Nahaufnahme
Every year, former participants of the Treffen junger Autor*innen are invited to Nahaufnahme (Close-up). For over thirty years, the meeting has honoured exceptional writing talent between the ages of 11 and 21. These are selected by a jury from a large number of applications. They often already demonstrate an awareness of the possibilities of language and a love of experimentation, which often leads to the young talents choosing writing as their professional perspective. They work on their first major writing projects and publish their texts in anthologies, magazines and on the Internet.
The chronicle of the Treffen junger Autor*innen lists a number of writers whose texts and books have been published by renowned publishing houses. The aim of the close-up is to support the young authors in their writing and on their way to a professional writing existence.
During the Nahaufnahme, participants work with experienced authors on their own texts and share their personal views and experiences of the writing process.
Nahaufnahme 2025 at the Leipzig Book Fair
As part of the Leipzig Book Fair and in cooperation with the lyrix national competition, three authors from the ninth year of Nahaufnahme will present their texts at the Long Leipzig Reading Night and at the Deutschlandfunk stand.
In addition, the young authors will take part in a one-day writing workshop and speech and reading training together with three authors from the lyrix national competition. There will be a guided tour of various prose and poetry publishers at the fair and a discussion on starting a career in the literary industry.
Long Leipzig Reading Night: 27 March 2025
Leipzig Book Fair reading: 29 March 2025