Presentation with Artem Chekh and Alexander Kratochvil
Moderator: Olaf Kühl

A presentation of the German translation of Artem Chekh’s Musik für einen Soldaten, published by Klett-Cotta and translated by Alexander Kratochvil and Maria Weissenböck. Written at the front between 2022 and 2025, this collection of autobiographical short prose tells the story of a man who hates war yet takes up arms to defend his country – and of ordinary people forced into roles that were never meant for them.

Language: German with simultaneous interpretation from Ukrainian
Organisers: Ukrainian Institute, Goethe-Institut Ukraine, Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb)
Location: Ukrainian National Stand, Hall 3.1, Stand C13