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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.

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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 to have smooth sailing, 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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Vienna Today

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, 2009

Being Gay in the Third Reich

Herbert Kuhner
I’ve quipped “they don’t bother me if they don’t bother me” and “chacun à son trou.” I’ve always been a wise guy who couldn’t resist a pun.
When Charles Trenet died, I bawled. He was a marvelous songwriter-composer-singer poet and the last of the great artists who represented the Thirties. What would my life have […]

Posted: April 9th, 2009 under Polemics, Aktuell, Hypocrisy.
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Short Pieces on Film

Herbert Kuhner

De box looks at vun fellow, and de box says
“Yes, dot vun is for me!”
It looks at annoder, and it says, “Nawww!”
- Akim Tamiroff, as related by Orson Wells
Larry, Marilyn, Vivien and Noblesse Oblige
He could speak Shakespeare’s lines as naturally as if he were actually thinking them.
- Charles Bennett, English playwright
Larry was the […]

Posted: April 3rd, 2009 under Materialien, Stories, Film.
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