Judith Schalansky is ninth author to write secret work for Future Library

‘The Future Library gives me the privilege of forming two exceptional relationships’ … Judith Schalansky. Photograph: Sven Gatter

German writer Judith Schalansky has become the ninth author to be selected for the Future Library, which asks authors to create a work that will not be revealed to readers until 2114.

The Future Library is an organic artwork dreamed up by the Scottish artist Katie Paterson. It began in 2014 with the planting of 1,000 Norwegian spruces in a patch of forest outside Oslo, and one writer a year is asked to contribute a manuscript to the project.