Reading with Isabella Krainer and Siljarosa Schletterer

Reading with Isabella Krainer and Siljarosa Schletterer & Film Screening: “INGEBORG BACHMANN – Someone Who Once Was Me”
To mark the 100th anniversary of Ingeborg Bachmann’s birth, the Ebensee Cinema, in cooperation with BAD ISCHLER Salz and the Salzkammergut Women’s Forum, invites you to a special evening: Two of the most promising voices in contemporary Austrian literature—Isabella Krainer and Siljarosa Schletterer—will read from their latest works, shedding light on Bachmann’s legacy from a feminist perspective.

Poetry in the Spotlight

Ingeborg Bachmann, one of the most important female poets of the 20th century, would have celebrated her 100th birthday this year. Yet even today, female poets in Austria still face challenges in finding publishers and venues for their art. This event marks Bachmann’s anniversary by offering a platform to two contemporary female authors—in keeping with Bachmann’s own feminist commitment.
In her writing, Isabella Krainer (born 1974 in Carinthia) combines political language with the vivid imagery of dialect. Her books *Vom Kaputtgehen* (2020) and *Heul doch!* (2024, both published by Limbus Verlag) are as incisive as they are poetic. Siljarosa Schletterer (*1991), with roots in Tyrol, Lower Austria, and Switzerland, writes poetry shaped by nature and physicality. Her collections *azur ton nähe. flussdiktate* (2022) and *entschämungen. körperkantate* (2025, Limbus Lyrik) prove that poetry can bark—or whisper.

Program:

6:00 p.m.: Reading with Isabella Krainer and Siljarosa Schletterer
8:00 p.m.: Film screening of “INGEBORG BACHMANN – Someone Who Once Was Me”—a portrait-like look at the life and work of the Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.
An event in cooperation with BAD ISCHLER Salz, Kino Ebensee, and Frauenforum Salzkammergut