Petra Bartoli y Eckert reads in Regensburg about dying and farewell
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Talking about dying to keep life visible
On Wednesday, November 11, 2026, Petra Bartoli y Eckert will read from her book Let's Talk About Dying at the Central Library in Regensburg. The event will take place in the small event room ‘Living Room’ of the Thon-Dittmer-Palais and will address a topic that is often socially suppressed: death and our personal approach to finitude.
A literary approach to a taboo subject
Petra Bartoli y Eckert combines personal experience, research, and encounters in her narrative nonfiction book. The starting point was the death of her father, which confronted the author directly with farewell, grief, and her own transience. From this experience arose the decision to talk about dying and to give the topic its place back in life.
On the road between Munich and St. Gallen
For her book, the author set out on foot from Munich to St. Gallen. Along the way, she met people who are connected to death and dying in very different ways: an undertaker, a coffin painter, a funeral speaker, a suicide assistant, and the cabaret artist Gerhard Polt. These conversations form a multi-voiced panorama of human experiences and broaden the perspective on a topic that rarely remains one-dimensional.
Language against fear and speechlessness
The literary quality of Let's Talk About Dying lies in the connection of observation, dialogue, and personal reflection. Bartoli y Eckert does not write abstractly about death, but approaches it through concrete life stories, paths, and encounters. Her language creates an accessible space for reflection, remembrance, and exchange.
Thus, the reading simultaneously contributes to the cultural discourse on grief, end-of-life accompaniment, and societal speechlessness. The genre of narrative nonfiction allows for an informative and personal perspective: facts and experiences engage in a dialogue without simplifying the topic.
An author with a versatile literary profile
Petra Bartoli y Eckert was born in 1974 near Regensburg, studied social pedagogy, and worked for many years with children and adolescents. Since 2008, she has been working as a freelance author. Her work includes children's and youth books, nonfiction, reading stories, radio texts, and screenplays. For her work, she has received several awards, including Author of the Year 2011, the SOS Children's Literature Prize 2012, and the Reader's Prize of the Book Summer Saxony 2024 for Behind the Stars Quite Close.
Conclusion: A literary experience with personal resonance
The reading in the Central Library promises an intimate author encounter about farewell, remembrance, and the art of articulating difficult questions. The intimate reading atmosphere in the ‘Living Room’ of the Thon-Dittmer-Palais invites attendees to listen, think along, and rediscover the conversation about dying as part of life. Admission is free.
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