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Library

We are proud to call our extensive house library a literary gem and a true treasure of books. More than 300 literary works by contemporary writers fill the shelves at Bücherhotel Wedina. Personally signed and with exclusive dedications to Hamburg’s first reading hotel.

Thanks to our cooperation with the Literaturhaus Hamburg, we can welcome authors and bestsellers from all over the world as guests at our book hotel. And not only that. Your new book releases are exclusive to our library. Take your time and browse through the printed words and marvel at hand-signed literary works.

When I first wrote,
I felt the taste of freedom for the first time.

” Jean Genet

for Hotel Wedina

Author dedications

Almost all the books in our library were given personalized greetings to our hotel before they were handed over. We have put together a small selection for you here.

Hervé Le Tellier

Author dedications Hervé Le Tellier Hervé Le Tellier was born in Paris in 1957. He published novels, short stories, poems and columns. Since 1992, he has been a member of the writers' group OuLiPo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle), founded by François Le Lionnais...
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Martina Clavadetscher

Author dedications Martina Clavadetscher Martina Clavadetscher, born in Zug in 1979, is a Swiss author. About the book: Heat, rain, acrid stench. Iris paces her Manhattan penthouse, impatiently waiting for the next dinner party to breathe some life back into her....
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Katrine Engberg

Author dedications Katrine Engberg Katrine Engberg (* 1975) is a Danish author, dancer, choreographer and director. She became known in Germany primarily for her "Copenhagen Thrillers," a series of crime novels about the investigator duo Jeppe Kørner and Anette...
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Ingrid Noll

Author dedications Ingrid Noll Ingrid Noll, born in Shanghai in 1935, had to leave China with her family in 1949. She married, had three children and wrote children's books. At the age of 54, she wrote her first crime novel, "The Rooster is Dead." For her second book,...
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Florian Illies

Author dedications Florian Illies Florian Illies, born in 1971, was a feature editor at the "FAZ" in Berlin. He is the winner of the Ernst-Robert-Curtius Förderpreis für Essayistik 1999. About the book: When Jean-Paul Sartre eats cheesecake with Simone de Beauvoir at...
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Martin Verg

Author dedications Martin Verg Martin Verg is a journalist, author, presenter - especially and most of all for young audiences. About the book: The most important voices on climate change united in one book: with contributions from Sebastiao Salgado, Carola Rackete,...
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Doris Knecht

Author dedications Doris Knecht Doris Knecht, born in 1966 in Vorarlberg, is a columnist ("Kurier," "Falter") and writer. She lives with her family in Vienna and in the Waldviertel. About the book: One woman - one message - one uncertainty. In her new novel, Doris...
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Dilek Güngör

Author dedications Dilek Güngör Dilek Güngör was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd in 1972. She completed her translation studies in English and Spanish at Gutenberg University Mainz in Germersheim and worked as a journalist for the Berliner Zeitung from 1998 to 2003. In 2004,...
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Daniela Krien

Author dedications Daniela KrienDaniela Krien, born in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 1975, studied cultural studies, communication and media sciences and worked as a screenwriter and editor, among other things. She lives in Leipzig with her husband and two daughters....
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Dana Grigorcea

Author dedications Dana Grigorcea Dana Grigorcea, born in Bucharest in 1979, studied German and Dutch philology in Bucharest and Brussels. In 2015, she was awarded the 3sat Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition. After years in Germany and Austria, she lives in...
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Declaration of love

Author Stories

Many of the authors and artists who have stayed at the Wedina in recent years have paid us small tributes, soulful dedications and humorous declarations of love.

Martin Mosebach

Author Stories Martin Mosebach Martin Mosebach, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1951, was initially a lawyer, then turned to writing. Since 1983, he has published novels, as well as short stories, poems, libretti, and essays on art and literature, on travel, and on...
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Nikita Gill

Author Stories Nikita Gill Author of Wild Embers: Poems of rebellion, fire and beauty, Your Heart Is The Sea and other books.
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Gabriele Albers

Author Stories Gabriele Albers Gabriele Albers is a journalist and economist who has published with Capital and the Financial Times Deutschland, among others. In her stories, she addresses dangerous developments of our time by describing their consequences in a...
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Björn Stephan

Author Stories Björn Stephan Björn Stephan, born in 1987 and raised in Schwerin, lives in Munich. As a reporter, he writes for DIE ZEIT and SZ-Magazin. His reportages have won many awards, including the Reporter Award and the German Social Award. For his literary...
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Bernd Rauschenbach

Author Stories Bernd Rauschenbach Bernd Rauschenbach is a literary scholar, author and reciter. Since 1982 he has headed the Arno Schmidt Foundation and is co-editor of Arno Schmidt's works. In 2000, he published the volume "Gedichte" (Poems) as part of the...
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Antje Rávik Strubel

Author Stories Antje Rávik Strubel Antje Rávik Strubel published, among others, the novels "Unter Schnee" (2001), "Fremd Gehen. A Night Play" (2002), "Tupolev 134" (2004), and the episodic novel "In the Woods of the Human Heart" (2016). Her work has been honored with...
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Angela Steidele

Author Stories Angela Steidele After graduating from high school, Angela Steidele worked as a volunteer for Aktion Sühnezeichen e. V. in Israel from 1988-1990. Doctorate (General Literary Studies) 2002 at the University of Siegen after studying cultural education...
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Tabea Steiner

Author Stories Tabea Steiner Tabea Steiner, born 1981, studied German language and literature and ancient history. She grew up on a farm in eastern Switzerland and now lives in Zurich. Her texts report on the difficulty of the simple in carefully composed,...
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Martina Wildner

Author Stories Martina Wildner Surprisingly rousing: Martina Wildner, born September 11, 1968 in Allgäu, is a German writer. After changing her major from Islamic studies to graphic design, she decided to work as a freelance writer and painter in 1998. In 2003, she...
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Harald Welzer

Author Stories Harald Welzer Harald Welzer, born in 1958 in Bissendorf near Hanover, studied sociology, political science and literature at the University of Hanover, where he received his doctorate in sociology in 1988. He habilitated in social psychology in 1993 and...
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