Literature and books

The Philosopher of Auschwitz

The Philosopher of Auschwitz. Jean Améry and Living with the Holocaust

21 September 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
By Irène Heidelberger-Leonard Jean Améry, born Hans Maier in Austria in 1912, escaped his homeland to join the Austrian Resistance in Belgium. He was imprisoned in Auschwitz and liberated from Belsen. He returned ...
Mela Hartwig: Am I a Redundant Human Being?

Mela Hartwig: Am I a Redundant Human Being?

7 October 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
For the first time in English, a contemporary and friend of Virginia Woolf and Stefan Zweig gives us the definitive portrait of a woman lost on the margins of modern life. In this remarkable book ...
Stefan Zweig - Journeys

Stefan Zweig - Journeys

28 October 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
This is the first English translation of Zweig’s writings on his travels in Europe. Representing a lifetime’s observations, this collection paints a rich and sensitive picture of Europe before the Second World War ...
Tagebuchtag 2010

Tagebuchtag 2010

11 November 2010, 7.00pm | Austrian Cultural Forum London
“Tagebuchtag”, a nationwide series of events in Austria celebrating the diary as a literary form, was founded by Austrian artist Traute Molik-Riemer in 2006. This Autumn the ACF London is presenting this unique project for ...

News

Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2010

From Wednesday, 23 June 2010 to Sunday, 27 June 2010, the 34th Festival of German-Language Literature (FGLL) took place in Klagenfurt with the participation of 14 authors from Austria, Germany and Switzerland. German writer Peter Wawerzinek was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his autobiographical text „Ich finde Dich/Rabenliebe".

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Austrian National Library opens new Reading Room

This April, the Austrian National Library has opened a new Reading Room, called the Austriaca Reading Room. It is located on the Heldenplatz and has 70 Laptop workstations and W-LAN Internet access. It also offers a special Library with 3.000 volumes about Austrian topics as well as an Austriaca-database with access to 3.000 online resources. Find out more at http://www.onb.ac.at/ev/index.php

Call for Papers

The Institute of German and Romance Studies is calling for papers for an international conference entitled Jewish Identitities in Contemporary Europe.  Convenors include Professor Lucille Cairns (University of Durham) and Dr Andrea Reiter (University of Southampton).

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Paul Celan Fellowships for Translators

Fellowships for translation are being awarded by the IWM (Institut fuer die Wissenschaft vom Menschen) in Vienna. Visiting fellows will receive support and are invited to spend three to six months at the IWM between July 2010 and June 2011 to pursue their translation projects while working in residence at the Institute. Applications for are due by March 5 2010.
Find out more by visiting www.iwm.at/Fellowships