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HERBERT KUHNER Romancier, Lyriker, Dramatiker und Übersetzer ist 1935 in Wien in geboren. Er emigrierte 1939 in die Vereinigten Staaten und studierte an der Lawrenceville School und Columbia University. Nach Wien kehrte er 1963 zurück, wo er als ein freier Schriftsteller und Übersetzer lebt.

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Remigration

Another topic I have “touched upon” is “remigration.” This word is a neologism, which means coming back to where you have been driven out.I've always said that I wanted a smooth ride, but I couldn't help rocking the boat. Rocking seems to be in my genes.

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Remarkable People

On the road I have traveled, I have met many remarkable people. First I name my friend and mentor the late Emile Capouya. “Mike” encouraged me over the years and published two of my books in New York.

Herbert Kuhner

grew up in the United States, associating with the New York City jazz and coffee scene in the 1950s. ". . .I've always said that I wanted a smooth ride, but I couldn't help rocking the boat. Rocking seems to be in my genes". As a subtitle I’ve chosen “Stepping out of line,” which is a movement my feet can’t seem to avoid making.

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Returning to my birthplace has given me a unique opportunity of writing on Third Reich Revisionism. This topic interlinks with Violence under the Guise of Art like pieces of a puzzle to reveal how the past manifests itself in the present.

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Archive for April 23rd, 2007

The Balance Sheet

I could have lived my life in the States. I didn’t have to relearn German. I could have left my cultural background behind me and started in the States from scratch like a native born American. I didn’t have to return to the city of my birth, Vienna.
I’ve been fought down the line from day […]

Posted: April 23rd, 2007 under Text.
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Advice from Henry Miller’s Mother

“When I left Austria, we lost everything,
including human life.
Since I returned, there have been no amends -
only more of the same - on a spiritual level.”
“What could they do that they haven’t done? Throw you into jail?”
- Feliks J. Bister, former editor of Das Menschenrecht (Human Rights)
“I don’t think that there is a conspiracy against […]

Posted: April 23rd, 2007 under Polemics.
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