The Week for German will be officially opened by Bas Böttcher, a German writer and poetry slammer, on Monday, 14 October 2024, at 6.30 pm.

Bas Böttcher is one of the co-founders of the German-language spoken word scene. His texts are regarded as classics of contemporary stage poetry. They appear in textbooks and important collections of German poetry (Der Neue Conrady, Lyrikstimmen and others). Together with Wolf Hogekamp, he published the first poetry clip DVD in 2005. (Voland & Quist/Lingua Video). He has also published the poetry collections “Dies ist kein Konzert” (2006), “Neonomade” (2009) and “Vorübergehende Schönheit” (2012) with Voland & Quist.

His performance will mix both German and English words.

Please register by 30 September by e-mail to ku-101-di@brue.auswaertiges-amt.de

Admission is free.

The following day, Bas Böttcher will be holding workshops at the German Embassy to introduce German language learners to the techniques of slam poetry.