The Dresden Poetry Prize 2026 – An Evening in Prague

Musicians Anna Romanovská Fliegerová (violin/koto) and Sabine Grüner (cello) improvise on literary texts by the six finalists of the 2026 Dresden Poetry Prize, namely Elsa Aids, Tereza Bínová and Yveta Shanfeldová, as well as Róža Domašcyna, Nadja Küchenmeister and Marion Poschmann.

Event partners: The City of Dresden, The Erich Kästner House of Literature, CzechLit – Czech Literary Centre, Elbe/Labe Euroregion.de, Societaetstheater Dresden, Writers’ Association, Shape, Unijazz Reading Room, Netzwerk Lyrik, lyrikline.org, Czech Centre Berlin, Contradiction, AZUR edition, Voland & Quist PublishersSpoken word in lyrical dialogue with music.

Free entry