Chiellino Research Center for Literature and Migration

The German-based Italian poet and literary scholar Carmine Gino Chiellino – Adelbert von Chamisso Prize winner and one of the most prominent researchers on questions of literature and migration – has donated his estate to the Axel Springer Chair for German-Jewish Literature and Cultural History, Exile and Migration;The Chiellino Library is a collection of nearly one thousand works of primary and secondary literature, unique archival materials such as manuscripts, correspondence and works of visual art. The Chiellino Library, which was celebrated with a reading on July 9, 2018 with Mr. Gino Chiellino at the Frankfurt (Oder) City and Regional Library and a keynote speech by Prof. Dr. D. h.c. Walter Schmitz and a panel discussion on July 10 in the Stephansaal at the European University Viadrina, now has its place in the Großen Scharrnstr. 23a in Frankfurt (Oder) in room GS 503. The Chiellino Library is the heart of the Chiellino Research Center for Literature and Migration.

1,000 standard works on the subject of literature and migration (primary and secondary literature) as well as the entire archive material is directly accessible to interested researchers and students. It is a unique collection of anthologies and journals as well as literary works by over 250 authors in more than ten languages. These include works by Artur Becker, Franco Biondi, Wladimir Kaminer, Radek Knapp, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Rafik Schami, Yoko Tawada, Antonio D’Alfonso, Ben Jelloun, Milan Kundera, Jorge Semprun, Gezin Hajdari, Arnold de Vos, Theodor Kallifatides, Catalin Dorian Florescu, Don DeLillo, Vladimir Nabokov, Salman Rushdie and many others. Numerous volumes are available in first editions and are supplemented by rare anthologies and journals, which are difficult to find today and which were among the most important places of publication for many authors. The collection is supplemented by a library of the most important research literature on literature and migration.

After registering with the secretariat of the Axel Springer Chair of German-Jewish Literary and Cultural History, Exile and Migration (contact: Ms. Elke Lange, Tel.+49-(0)335-5534 2724, Email: elange@europa-uni.de, Room: GS 504), interested researchers and students have the opportunity to work with the collection at three workstations in a private atmosphere directly in the Chiellino Library.

Which primary and secondary literature can be found in the Chiellino Library can be researched in the electronic catalog of the University Library of the EUV. A list of all the books available in the Chiellino Library can also be accessed via this. In addition, the available books have been entered in the literature management program zotero recorded. You can also search for literature here. Instructions on how to use the zotero library can be found here.