{"id":64667,"date":"2025-02-08T13:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T18:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=64667"},"modified":"2025-02-17T22:22:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T03:22:49","slug":"poetry-prose-saint-gallen-wortlaut-festival-salutes-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2025\/02\/poetry-prose-saint-gallen-wortlaut-festival-salutes-the-word.html","title":{"rendered":"<font size=\"+1\"><strong><em>Poetry &amp; Prose<\/em><\/strong><\/font> <br><font size=\"+3\"><strong>&#8216;Wortlaut&#8217; Saint Gallen Festival Salutes the Word<\/strong><\/font>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>UPDATED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival runs for three days \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-WORTLAUT-LITERARY-FESTIVAL.jpg\">March 28-30, 2025 <\/a>\u2014 in Saint Gallen, Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>JAN HELLER LEVI &amp; JAN HERMAN will appear on March 30, 2025 at the festival, where they will read and discuss their latest poems with Giovanna Caggiano and Julia M\u00fclli from the Kantonsschule am Burggraben.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Florian Vetsch reads with both poets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jan-Heller-Levi-Jan-Herman-at-the-Palace-April-1-2025.jpg\">at the Palace on April 1<\/a>, also in Saint Gallen.  DJ Soulsonic (aka Mr. Wempe) will play music selected by the speakers. And special guest poet Clemens Umbricht will perform his translation of Jan Heller Levi&#8217;s poem &#8220;I Lost My Best Friend to Music&#8221; as well as his own New York poem.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-WORTLAUT-LITERARY-FESTIVAL.jpg\">(Click and click again to read.)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-WORTLAUT-LITERARY-FESTIVAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"916\" data-attachment-id=\"64665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/screenshot-142\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-WORTLAUT-LITERARY-FESTIVAL-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,916\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wortlaut Literature Festival (St. Gallen, Switzerland)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Wortlaut LIterature Festival &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-WORTLAUT-LITERARY-FESTIVAL-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-WORTLAUT-LITERARY-FESTIVAL-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64665\" title=\"CLICK AND CLICK AGAIN TO READ.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-WORTLAUT-LITERARY-FESTIVAL-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-WORTLAUT-LITERARY-FESTIVAL-750-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Saint Gallen Wortlaut LIterature Festival<\/strong> <br>\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022<br><a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poet\/jan-heller-levi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jan Heller Levi | Academy of American Poets<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jan_Heller_Levi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jan Heller Levi | Wikipedia<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabrikzeitung.ch\/six-for-jay-deformed-sonnets\/#\">Jan Herman | Autor bei Fabrikeitung<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2023\/02\/small-animals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jan Herman | Small Animals \/ Kleine Tiere<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday program<\/strong> (March 30, 2025).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sunday-program-.jpg\"> (Click to read.)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On April 1, 2025 Florian Vetsch reads with Jan Heller Levi &amp; Jan Herman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jan-Heller-Levi-Jan-Herman-at-the-Palace-April-1-2025.jpg\">at the Palace<\/a> in St. Gallen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AT-THE-PALACE-combined-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"466\" data-attachment-id=\"64992\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/screenshot-156\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AT-THE-PALACE-combined-poster-750.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,466\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Screenshot&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AT-THE-PALACE-combined-poster-750.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AT-THE-PALACE-combined-poster-750.jpg\" alt=\"At the Palace in St. Gallen, Switzerland (combo poster)\" class=\"wp-image-64992\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" title=\"CLICK TO READ.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AT-THE-PALACE-combined-poster-750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AT-THE-PALACE-combined-poster-750-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED: Jan Heller Levi &#038; Jan Herman will appear on March 30, 2025 at the festival, where they will read and discuss their latest poems with Giovanna Caggiano and Julia M\u00fclli from the Kantonsschule am Burggraben. Florian Vetsch will also read with Jan &#038; Jan at the Palace on April 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,18,4,23,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"category-literature","9":"category-main","10":"category-news","11":"category-political-culture","12":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1-WORTLAUT-LITERARY-FESTIVAL-750.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-gP1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64667"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65006,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64667\/revisions\/65006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}