Poet in Residence
Theodor Fontane and Kurt Tucholsky already made the Prussian royal seat Rheinsberg accessible in their literature. Since 1995, the poets in residence have continued this tradition and have placed Rheinsberg on the intellectual map of Germany.
59. Poet in Residence
Carolin Würfel
Marc to July 2024
Born in 1986 in Leipzig. Studied history and journalism in Berlin and Istanbul. After completing her master's degree, she worked as a freelance journalist, particularly for the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung". She came to ZEIT in 2016 and wrote as an author primarily for ZEITmagazin. In 2018/2019 she was an editor at ZEIT ONLINE. Her first book was published in January 2019: “Ingrid Wiener and the Art of Liberation”. Her second book, “Three Women Dreamed of Socialism,” was published in 2023, in which she interrogated her predecessors in the GDR when they were young themselves: Christa Wolf, Brigitte Reimann and Maxie Wander. She is currently working on her first novel.
All 58 sheet-fed printings of Rheinsberg are available in the museum shop.
Scholarship for literature
»Poet in Residence«
Every year the museum awards the scholarship "poet in residence in Rheinsberg" to two authors. The authors find inspiration and peace for writing in a beautifully located apartment with a view of the castle park. The museum's own edition "Rheinsberger Bogen" presents the texts of the poets in residence in first publications.
