Katja Lewina: Was ist schon für immer

It's always the others who die. The old perhaps, the sick. But what if death is closer than we think? And our lives are more unpredictable than we realise? Katja Lewina has known about her heart condition for two years and that it could cost her her life at any time. She was diagnosed shortly after the sudden death of her seven-year-old son. All of a sudden, the possibility of dying became part of her everyday life.

In Was ist schon für immer, Katja Lewina deals with the subject of mortality and loss. Based on her own situation, she explores an experience that ultimately affects us all. What does our finiteness do to love? How do we explain this to our children? What do we want to leave behind? What do we take out of our lives? What should be clarified and what should be forgotten? Katja Lewina addresses these questions in eleven essays without the usual carpe diem platitudes, but with plenty of no-bullshit sauce. And the unpleasant reminder: dying concerns us all.

Katja Lewina was born in Moscow in 1984 and studied Slavic studies as well as literature and religious studies. She worked as a freelance editor and in artist management. Today she is a freelance author for well-known media.

Tuesday, September 10
Doors 7 pm / Start 7:30
Kuppelhalle
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