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About Us

We initiate, facilitate and shape cultural projects which sustainably set and strengthen literary impulses and democratic core values within Europe’s societies. Our task is to support intercultural and literary exchange and to empower the commitment of the civil society.

Board

  • Arno Mahlert (Chair)
  • Anne Bohnenkamp-Renken
  • Antje Contius (Managing Director)
  • Clemens Greve
  • Stefan Liechtenstein

Advisory Board

  • Jörg Bong
  • Bärbel Gäthje
  • Nastasja Penzar
  • Andrei Pleșu
  • Tilman Spreckelsen
  • Richard Swartz

Founding Members of the Advisory Board

  • Heinrich Detering
  • Christoph Ransmayr

Office

Antje Contius

Antje Contius

Member of the Board, Director

Aylin Rieger

Deputy Director, Head of Department Central and Eastern Europe and Debates on Europe

Anna Götte

Deputy Director, Head of Department Estates, Special Projects and Grants

Hanadi Fakhouri

Head of Finance

Ekaterina Tewes

Project Manager Central and Eastern Europe, Scholarshipse

Sophie Strauß

Assistant to Director