--- title: "Olga Martynova Antrittslesung der Dresdner Stadtschreiberin 2026, Kulturpalast Dresden, Foyer 2. OG; sechsmonatige Amtszeit als Stadtschreiberin" sdDatePublished: "2026-06-15T04:06:00Z" source: "https://kulturpalast-dresden.de/en/events/calendar/antrittslesung-der-dresdner-stadtschreiberin-2026/" topics: - name: "literature" identifier: "medtop:20000013" - name: "poetry" identifier: "medtop:20000017" - name: "culture" identifier: "medtop:20000038" - name: "award and prize" identifier: "medtop:20000498" locations: - "Dresden" --- Olga Martynova Antrittslesung der Dresdner Stadtschreiberin 2026, Kulturpalast Dresden, Foyer 2. OG; sechsmonatige Amtszeit als Stadtschreiberin Antrittslesung der Dresdner Stadtschreiberin 2026 2026 7:30 pm Start Kulturpalast, Foyer 2. OG, Dresden Free entry | no registration required. Free entry | no registration required. Antrittslesung der Dresdner Stadtschreiberin 2026 The writer and poet Olga Martynova is Dresden's new city writer in 2026. To kick off her six-month stay, she presents selected texts from her work in a reading and discussion. Greetings: Annekatrin Klepsch, Deputy for Culture, Science and Tourism and Heiko Lachmann, Board Member of the East Saxon Savings Bank Dresden The jury was convinced by Olga Martynova through her poetic language and her reflective literature that spans a wide cultural history. In her poems, essays, and prose texts, she combines personal experience with literary tradition and continually opens up new perspectives on memory, history, and the present. Olga Martynova was born in 1962 in Siberia and grew up in Leningrad, where she studied Russian language and literature. Since 1991, she has been living in Germany. Since 2018, she has been writing exclusively in German. She has received numerous awards for her literary work, including the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (2012); most recently, she was awarded the Peter Huchel Prize 2025 for her collection of poems "Such nach dem Namen des Windes". Cooperation with: Office for Culture and Monument Protection of the State Capital Dresden and Dresden Foundation for Art & Culture of the East Saxon Savings Bank Dresden.