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25 Years of Literaturhaus
Floating. A Contrast Program in Difficult Times
Reading and Discussion with Mana Neyestani
Moderation: Florian Höllerer
Translation: Nuschin Mameghanian-Prenzlow
Language: German / Persian
In the impoverished Kurdish region of Iran, where the Zagros Mountains form the border with Iraq, people struggle to survive. They carry cigarettes, alcohol, or clothing over icy passes that rise up to 3,000 meters. Every year, several dozen of these "Kolbars," as they are called, die – victims of Iranian border officers, landmines, avalanches, or the icy cold. In "Papiervögel," Jalal, an engineer, joins the men of his village on one of these smuggling trips while a young woman waits for his return in the village. For a 12-year-old porter, he folds a paper bird and urges the boy to imagine that this bird can fly anywhere. For the imagination is the first step to making something a reality. "Papiervögel" thus fits into our anniversary program "25 Years of Literaturhaus – Floating. A Contrast Program in Difficult Times," weaving together a world of love, courage, social hardship – and hope with quiet precision. Mana Neyestani, born in Tehran in 1973, is a comic artist and illustrator. He is considered one of the most important political cartoonists in Iran and currently lives in Paris.

In cooperation with the Institut français Stuttgart as part of the Stuttgart Comic Days 2026.

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