October 2016
Maja Haderlap speaks at NYU
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading by the author and current writer-in-residence at Deutsches Haus at NYU, Maja Haderlap, from her recent novel Angel of Oblivion, followed by a conversation with the acclaimed translator of the book, Tess Lewis. Maja Haderlap's Angel of Oblivion is based on the experiences of her family and the Slovenian-speaking minority in southern Austria, many of whom fought as partisans against the Nazis during the Second World War. The story centers on the experiences of…
Find out more »December 2016
Konundrum: An Evening with Peter Wortsman and Tess Lewis at Deustches Haus
Peter Wortsman, translator of Konundrum: Selected Prose of Franz Kafka, will be joined by Tess Lewis, translator most recently of Angel of Oblivion, at the NYU Deustches Haus for a reading and evening of conversation about Konundrum, the art of translation, and all things Kafkaesque. If you missed our recent event at Community Bookstore to celebrate the publication of Konundrum, this is your second chance to be a part of a wide ranging and stimulating conversation. Copies of the book will be available for…
Find out more »May 2019
Celebrate the launch of Intimate Ties with Peter Wortsman
Join us at the Deutsches House for our launch of Intimate Ties, two novellas by Robert Musil. The novel’s translator Peter Wortsman will be joined in conversation by Austrian literary scholar Kathrin Holzermeyr-Rosenfield, who translated the original text into Portuguese, and Fatima Naqvi, literary scholar and professor of German and Film Studies at Rutgers University. Writer and translator Tess Lewis will be moderating. First published in 1911, Intimate Ties is Robert Musil's second book, consisting of two novellas, "The Culmination…
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