Joachim Sartorius Author

Joachim Sartorius is a writer, translator, and former diplomat. In 1996 he was made secretary-general of the Goethe Institut, and he was the artistic director of the Berlin Festival from 2001 to 2011. Stephen Brown is a playwright, translator, and cultural critic. His translations from German include Joachim Sartorius’s The Princes’ Islands and Birgit Haustedt’s Rilke’s Venice.