Helga Schubert inspires at the Allgäu literary festival in Irsee!

Helga Schubert inspires at the Allgäu literary festival in Irsee!

Kaufbeuren, Deutschland - On June 11, 2025, the festive end of the Allgäu literary festival took place in the ballroom of the Irsee monastery. A very special highlight was the reading of Helga Schubert, the renowned Ingeborg-Bachmann award winner, who was performing from her autobiographical novel "Today-An Hour Book of Love". Schubert, born in 1940, had the audience participated in her moving life, which she also processes in her writings.

dr. Stefan Raueiser and Dr. Nadja Hendriks from the Schwabenakademie were present, as were the deputy district president Barbara Holzmann and Peter Schiele and Gabriele Louis from Sparkasse Allgäu. The event not only offered wonderful literature, but also a space for exchange, because after the reading, the audience had the opportunity to ask questions and to acquire signed specimens. The demand for their autographs was great!

The author in portrait

Helga Schubert is not only an estimated writer, but also an experienced psychotherapist who worked in the GDR. Among other things, she won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2020 with her story "from getting up". This resulted in a text that contains autobiographical elements, because Schubert processes her life with her man in need of care, which she also addresses in "Today". The novel, which was published at the end of 2023, describes the challenges of 24/7 care, taking into account their personal experiences.

The author, who has lived in Neu Meteln near Schwerin since 2008, has largely withdrawn in recent years. She is a captivating narrator who takes up topics such as shared Germany, her own childhood in the war and the moving moments of her life story.

prices and awards

Helga Schubert can look forward to numerous awards, which include the Heinrich Mann Prize (1986) and the Federal Cross of Merit in the ribbon (2024). She started her writer in 1977, while she worked as a psychotherapist from 1963 to 1987. In recent years she has published only a few new works, but her reading in Irsee once again showed that her words find a strong response from the audience.

Overall, the literary festival was a complete success. The visitors were enthusiastic about Schubert's reading and the diverse program that the festival had offered. Schubert, who was also sitting in the jury of the competition from 1987 to 1990 and was nominated for the Bachmann Prize in 1980, is still enthusiastic and has developed a permanent place in the German literary scene.

Above all, the thematic depth of their texts and their ability to interweave personal and political elements makes them a unique voice of the present. Schubert's works offer much more than just entertainment; They are witnesses of their time and their extraordinary life. At the reading, the peculiarities of their experiences became clear, and their respect for literature and the public interest is estimated by everyone who visits their readings.

The response to her books is unbroken and proves that the life story of this remarkable woman deeply touches and captivates. Mercury reports that the listeners are enthusiastic about the authenticity and intensity Schubert's were that a bridge between personal experiences and political history in Germany.

for Helga Schubert, who is characterized by her concise and at the same time sensitive expression, remains the love of literature and passion for storytelling of the engine of your work. The press emphasizes that its narrative also makes the difficulties that its generation experiences, sympathetic and understandable.

No matter whether in her famous stories or the many experiences that she has gained over the years, Helga Schubert understood with a very special letter to captivate her readers: inside. Kurier aptly summarizes that Schubert will continue to play a central role in the literature-the audience is looking forward to more!