CITY OF BOOKS

UNESCO City of Literature

Heidelberg Is UNESCO City of Literature

Hardly a day goes by without a literary event, no summer passes without the International Literature Festival Heidelberg feeLit, and no year without literary award winners. A look at the vibrant community of authors, translators, and theater makers reveals the city’s remarkable literary vitality. Heidelberg is also committed to strengthening literature in the future. Since December 1, 2014, the city has been an official member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as a UNESCO City of Literature.

I saw Heidelberg on a perfectly clear morning, the air pleasantly cool and refreshing. The city, with its setting and its entire surroundings, has—one might say—something truly ideal.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Diaries, 1797

Literaturstadt Heidelberg, Buch an der Alten Brücke — City of Literature
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International Festival of Literature feeLit

The undisputed highlight of Heidelberg’s literary calendar is the international literature festival feeLit. For five days, exciting stars of the literary scene come to Heidelberg. Visitors can look forward to exclusive readings, engaging debates, concerts, and plenty of opportunities for exchange.

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Since 2015, the UNESCO City of Literature Heidelberg has also been pleased to present the diversity of the regional literary scene each year during the Heidelberg Literature Autumn. The program highlights authors, publishers, students, theater groups, tour guides, and many others.

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