I 2022 blev Judith Hermann bedt om at holde den legendariske Frankfurter poetikforelæsning

helt indtil sæsonen går på hæld i oktober

og da de to unge mænd kommer i håndgemæng

Kan kærligheden gro i modgang og intriger

sorg og glæde

BABEL Michael Bergenstjerna I 2022 blev Judith HermannTraduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows. Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift. Until it became a prison But can a student