MARKO MARTIN takes a seat and reads: Tasks of freedom
As part of the project "Literaturforum Bibliothek - Autorinnen und Autoren aus Sachsen in sächsischen Bibliotheken" and the event series "Was bedeutet (uns) Demokratie?" of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg to a reading with Marko Martin.
The reading will be moderated by Dr. Jörg Heidig (communication psychologist).
Tickets for the event:
Admission to the event is free. A seat reservation via http://tickets.freibergfüralle.de is required!
Born in Burgstädt, Saxony, Marko Martin is a writer who lives in Berlin when he is not travelling.
In addition to a collection of essays on Israeli literature and a tribute to Tel Aviv, his books Sleeping Dogs and The Night of San Salvador were published by "Die Andere Bibliothek", as well as the collection of essays Dissidentisches Denken in 2019. With The House in Habana. Ein Rapport, he was shortlisted for the Leipzig Book Fair Essay Prize. Published by Tropen-Verlag: Die verdrängte Zeit (2020), Die letzten Tage von Hongkong (2021) and Es geschieht jetzt (2024).
The book: Freedom tasks
Journalist and author Marko Martin's speech "Von fortgesetzten deutschen Lebenslügen und Verdrängungen - in Ost und West" on the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall sparked a major debate. On 13 September 2025, the award-winning author published the non-fiction book Freiheitsaufgaben, in which he outlines his idea of responsible and uncomfortable freedom for the first time.
The author questions our understanding of the concept of freedom. Does freedom automatically mean happiness? Or is freedom, according to the German-French social psychologist, writer and philosopher Manés Sperber, not above all "the categorical rejection of despondency"? Couldn't something like happiness arise precisely from this understanding? Marko Martin, influenced by friends of freedom around the world, talks about this like no other.
A rousing appeal against the calls for autocratic incapacitation.
