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Lars Birken-Bertsch

Lars Birken-Bertsch has been Executive Director of the German Literature Fund since 2023. After completing bookselling training and an internship at a publishing house, he worked in publishing and in 2002 founded Blumenbar Verlag. In 2011 he joined the Aufbau Verlagsgruppe, where he oversaw marketing. In 2016 he moved into management at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where he was responsible for the strategic development of projects, partnerships and programming.
 

 Lars Birken-Bertsch

Guest program

The Situation of Writers in Europe

Book World Prague 2026

15:00 - 15:50

Czechia 2026, Deutscher Literaturfonds, Asociace spisovatelů

Czech, English

Literature between support and challenges. What challenges are linked to the working conditions of writers, the support of book culture, and the future of the...

Friday, 15. 5. 2026