God’s Busted Knee & More: A Visit From Author Marc Degens

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)
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Head shot, side profile, of author Marc Degens. Copyright Frank Maleu
German author and entrepreneur Marc Degens will be reading from his work in both German and English:

  • God’s Busted Knee (Novel, Excerpt, Original: Das kaputte Knie Gottes)
  • The SuKuLTuR Years (Short Story, Original: Die SuKuLTuR Jahre)
  • Dorsten (Short Story)
A discussion in English will follow.

Marc Degens, born in 1971 in Essen, Germany, has been living in Toronto since 2014. He’s a writer, publisher, program director of the publishing house “SuKuLTuR”, and e-book dealer (minimore.de). He studied German Literature and Sociology in Bochum, Germany. “Unsere Popmoderne,” his column about fictitious novels, ran from 2001 to 2012 in the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” and “Volltext.” In 2009, SuKuLTuR Verlag published the novel “Strobo,” which was the epicentre of a copyright infringement case about Helene Hegemann’s debut novel, “Axolotl Roadkill.” Marc Degens has published numerous books, including four novels. www.marcdegens.tumblr.com

More information available at the UW Daily Bulletin.

Location Information
Location Address: EV3 - Environment 3
200 University Avenue West
Room 3406
Waterloo, ON, CA  N2L 3G1
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Cost: Free admission