by Leiermann | May 17, 2022 | Literature, Literature
Where they burn books … by Andrea Strobl “Where they burn books, they end up burning people.” As is well known, this sentence comes from Heinrich Heine and is used today above all in connection with the Third Reich – understandable, since...
by Leiermann | Sep 3, 2020 | Biographies, Biographies Literature, Literature
Michael Ende von Stefan Havlik The freedom of fantasy – on the 25th anniversary of Michael Ende’s death On September 1, 1995, the “Reigen seliger Geister” (“Circle of Blessed Spirits”) resounds in Munich’s Waldfriedhof:...
by Leiermann | Aug 16, 2020 | Literature
Charles Bukowski by Stefan Havlik America, at the bottom – for the 100th birthday of Charles Bukowski Paris, 1978: A 58-year-old American author, scarred by life, is the guest of the renowned literary programme “Apostrophes” on French...
by Leiermann | May 8, 2020 | Biographien, Biographien, Biographies Literature, Women in Art and History, Literature, Women in Art and History
Selma Lagerlöf by Janin Pisarek Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) is probably one of Sweden’s most famous writers. Her contraasting works, influenced by the oral narrative tradition, belong to world literature. She was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for...