![Portrait Pascale Hugues, Rowohlt Verlag](/images/Hugues_Pascale_C_Dagmar_Morath_017.jpg?w=1600)
Dagmar Morath
Portrait Pascale Hugues, Rowohlt Verlag
1989 and after. Experiences of a French woman in Berlin and the former GDR
Mon, Sep 16, 7 PM
When journalist Pascale Hugues arrived in Berlin in the fall of 1989, the GDR was an unknown country for her. After the fall of the Wall, she discovered East Germany. She tells the story of the upheavals of the reunification and its aftermath from the perspective of a French woman.
Pascale Hugues, born in Strasbourg, is a journalist and writer. Her first book, Marthe and Mathilde, was an immediate success. She was awarded the Prix Simone Veil and the European Book Prize for her book Quiet Street in a Good Neighborhood. Pascale Hugues is the German correspondent for the French news magazine Le Point, was until recently a columnist for the Tagesspiegel and writes regularly for various German media. She lives in Berlin.
The reading is being organized in cooperation with the VdF Vereinigung der Französischlehrerinnen und -lehrer e.V. in Brandenburg as part of the Toleranzräume Brandenburg. Following the reading, there will be opportunity to purchase the novel at a book table outside the auditorium and have it signed by Pascale Hugues.
Venue: Auditorium, Museum Barberini, Potsdam
Duration: 60 Minutes
Costs: € 10, entrance-fee included
Please note:
The ticket entitles the holder to visit the museum's exhibitions from 6 p.m.