As part of the International Literature Festival Dublin 2017, director / actor / author Werner Herzog will be coming to the city for a public interview in the National Concert Hall. An Evening with Cult Hero Werner Herzog will take place on May 21st at 7.00pm. Tickets priced at €25 are on sale now from www.ilfdublin.com

Born in 1942, Werner Herzog was raised in a Bavarian village before studying German Literature and History in Munich and Pittsburgh. He made his first film aged 19, and since then has produced, written, and directed 70 films including the celebrated Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Grizzly Man (2005), Fitzcarraldo (1982) for which he won Best Director at Cannes Film Festival, and The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1972).

The International Literature Festival takes places across Dublin from May 20th to 29th