Dmitry Bykov in Germany. Poetry concert "Not a word about love" from 15 to 26 June 2026

"Not a word about love" is a poetry concert with talks in Germany.

This is a performance of poet, writer and journalist Dmitry Bykov with a new author's program.

A poet, writer, publicist and brilliant conversationalist, Bykov will present poems written over the past three years and read new texts that reflect the main themes of this time.

The program "Not a Word About Love" includes poems from the last three years. And in them there are really no traditional lyrical themes such as love or homesickness. The author is used to write and talk about what hurts him. So, he has love now, and he does not long for his homeland as it is. Therefore, the poems of the last two years - about the war, about age, about the secondary spilling of youth and about conversations with God, which over the years are becoming more and more interesting. And they are also about that elusive thing that is commonly called balance, or justice, or the secret blueprint of the world. In search of this blueprint, the author has made significant progress.

Dmitry Bykov's evening is always not only a poetry reading, but also a lively conversation about time, man and meaning, without which it is impossible to imagine his performances.

Dmitry Bykov is a poet, writer, journalist, lecturer, film critic, screenwriter, long-time lecturer of the project "Direct Speech", host of the author's program "One", co-author of the project "Citizen Poet". Winner of numerous literary awards, teacher of literature. Visiting Professor at Princeton University. Author of dozens of books, collections of poems and articles.