The house, which housed the German Literary Society until 2024, was once home to Heinrich Mann. Fasanenstraße is the birthplace of the "Man without Qualities", the writer Robert Musil. Gerhardt Hauptmannthe leading figure of expressionist literature, lived at what is now number 39. The street is home to the Literaturhaus and the Hotel Kempinskiwhere all the famous actors of Hollywood's past stayed when they were shooting their new movies in the neighboring Delphi Palace presented.
This street has attracted many extraordinary people who have come to Berlin. The list of distinguished people who have lived in Fasanenstraße is long. Among them are the Danish silent film actress Asta Nielsenwho shone in many films of the 20s and 30s, the SPD politician Rudolf Breitscheid, Ulrich von Hasselwho belonged to the circle of Hitler assassins around Count Stauffenberg, the Russian dancer and choreographer Tatyana Gsovskyand even a later Pope, Pius XII.
The representative office has since been relocated to Ludwigkirchstrasse, a cross street to Fasanenstrasse and only a three-minute walk away, a lively and popular meeting place with numerous restaurants and some exclusive stores.
Remember
Writing to stay
We publish books to preserve family histories, to honor the memory of people, to move people, to help shape our society or simply to entertain readers.
Books are a valuable part of our history. Together with you, we preserve not only your history, but also that of those who can no longer stand up for themselves.
Received
"The soul of all time lies in books."
Thomas Carlyle
The Literary Society's books are made accessible for all time, so that someone can pull your book off the shelf in 100, 200 or 300 years' time. Our books are held in prestigious university libraries, including Oxford (UK), Harvard, Princeton and Yale (USA) and the Sorbonne (Paris).
Convey
The magic of a good book does more than ring the cash registers!
Reading should not be a privilege, it should be for everyone. Books not only educate, but also take us into foreign worlds, entertain, touch and connect. The Literary Society is committed to ensuring that everyone has access to books and stories, regardless of their life situation. We all grow up with stories that our parents tell us or read to us, we dream and laugh when we hear them, and we like to be whisked away from our everyday lives. We are proud to support companies that care for people who are less fortunate and therefore regularly donate books and reading materials. Books and reading need to be preserved because they create what we all long for: Community!
Among other things, we support these projects:
Erlebensraum e.V.
Book donations for the Erlebenshof and raffle, cash donations for the fantastic project by our author Sabine Schriever. The project is also supported by Aktion Mensch.
The little soldiers of fortune
Moments of happiness - bringing seriously/chronically ill children and their siblings together with horses is the aim. The association was founded on the initiative of Hanne Brenner, multiple Paralympics gold and silver medal winner.
Children as book critics
Children from the Kreativitätsgrundschule are book critics for the publisher's children's books.
Reading and coloring material for kindergartens and childcare centers
in Berlin and the Brandenburg region.
Donation of profits from book sales
Profits from the sale of the book "A German Story" by our author Moritz Mohrbacher will go to the Asylcafé Reutlingen.
Support for the Königswinkel children's cancer charity
with book donations for hospitals, doctors' surgeries and other institutions.
Book donations for reading mentors at Rottumtal School
"The children should be encouraged to read and get more practice,
by always reading something with a single child."
Elke Peters
in Ochsenhausen, special education and counseling center. The children are between 11 and 14 years old (boys and girls).
Book and material donations to the Motz
Books are made available to the homeless.
New editions of "burnt" writers
It is shocking to see that Adolf Hitler actually succeeded in banishing writers from society's memory by burning books. We are committed to remembrance, among other things by republishing books by these writers, for example Bertha von Suttner, the first Nobel Peace Prize winner, with her anti-war novel "Lay Down Your Arms".
Grave care
We are committed to the preservation of old writers' graves, such as here for the restoration of the City of Berlin's memorial to Adolf Glasbrenner, the inventor of the "Berlin joke". The restoration of the tomb was made possible by the German Literary Society covering the costs. The conservation measures were carried out under the supervision of the "Historical Cemeteries Foundation".
The grave is located in Cemetery III of the Jerusalems and New Church on Mehringdamm in the Kreuzberg district in section 1/2 G3.