AXEL HACKE

Axel Hacke Reads and Tells Stories
Over the course of many decades, Hacke has written several thousand columns,
primarily for the *Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin*, as well as more than thirty books.
And what does he do now? He tells us how he did it. He also reads
to us. But since he can’t read everything (at least not all in
one evening), he reads only the best—yes, strictly speaking, the very best—
the funniest, the most thought-provoking, the wisest, the most heartwarming—so that one
can say: Actually, his entire life as an author has been nothing but preparation for
this evening—yes, exactly: for the best evening—no, the
very best.
Axel Hacke lives in Munich as a writer. He is famous for his column
“Das Beste aus aller Welt” (“The Best from All Over the World”), which he has been publishing every Friday for decades in the magazine
of the *Süddeutsche Zeitung*. His books are bestsellers. His
work has been honored with, among other awards, the Joseph Roth Prize, two Egon Erwin Kisch Prizes, the Theodor Wolff Prize, and most recently the Ben Witter Prize in 2019
.