Esther Kinsky

On 5 October 2026, author Esther Kinsky visits Goethe-Institut Dänemark for a conversation with Sophie Wennerscheid about her literary work. The discussion explores how landscapes can be narrated and what traces history leaves in them. Doors open at 17:00, and the conversation begins at 17:30. The event is held in German with Danish summaries. Admission is free, but registration is required.

In Rombo (Suhrkamp, 2023), Kinsky portrays the 1976 Friuli earthquake through multiple perspectives - a natural catastrophe and its aftermath seen from different angles. In Hain: Geländeroman (Suhrkamp, 2019), she weaves personal memories of loss together with walks through the central Italian landscape into a poetic text about grief and how places store and transform memories.

Kinsky's novels, including Am Fluss, Hain and Rombo, have received broad recognition and have been translated into many languages.