2026 marks the 100th birthday of Ingeborg Bachmann, widely regarded as one of the greatest German-language writers of the twentieth century. This November, New Directions Publishing is releasing her Complete Stories—a breathtaking collection of all of Bachmann’s short fiction. To celebrate this publication and Ingeborg Bachmann’s life and legacy, please join us for a conversation between translators Tess Lewis and Philip Boehm, joined by Matthias Göritz.

If you’d like to reserve a copy to pick up during the event, order here.

About the panelists:

Philip Boehm translates books and plays by German and Polish writers such as Herta Müller, Franz Kafka, and Hanna Krall. He also works as a stage director and playwright.

Tess Lewis is a writer and translator from French and German. Her translations include works by Walter Benjamin, Peter Handke, and Montaigne.