Site menu:

 

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.

Die Wiener Zeit

more widgets >>

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.

Harry`s Archives

RSS HuffPost

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 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.

Site search

Recent Posts

 

June 2009
M T W T F S S
« May   Jul »
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930  

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.

Categories

Links:

Recent Comments

Spam Blocked

Meta

- visits: 144977 - online: 6


click here to learn more

Archive for June, 2009

Adolf Opposing Adolf

 Herbert Kuhner
Hitler was aware of the legacy he was helping to undermine: he devoted part of a Nuremberg rally in 1937 to criticism of an overzealous party official who had declared the Masonic theme of Die Zauberflöte ideologically unacceptable. “Only a person lacking respect for his own nationality would condemn Mozart’s Zauberflöte because its text […]

American Jewish poet Alter Brody

A Reading of

LAMENTATIONS

Four One-Act Plays
by
ALTER BRODY

took place
on
June 13th, 2009
at
The Jewish Theater: The Window
Kandlgasse 6/1
1070 Vienna
The American Jewish poet Alter Brody published A Family Album, a volume of poetry,  in the last year of World War I. He continued to publish in journals during the Twenties. In 1928, Brody published Lamentations, Four One Act Plays. After […]

Hitting Rock-Bottom

Herbert Kuhner
David Letterman Evokes Guffaws
I do not ascribe to many of Governor Sarah Palin’s political views, just as I do not ascribe to the views of, Bill O’Reilly, Pat Buchanan, Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney, to name a few.
No woman, that I agree with or do not agree with, nor any daughter, should be the […]

Quote of the Day

Hans Dichand:
“I’d rather pet my dog than exercise power”.
Ich streichle lieber meinen Hund als Macht auszuüben.
- Hans Dichand: Im Vorhof der Macht: Erinnerungen eines Journalisten,
Ibera Verlag, 1996

Sphere: Related Content

Padhi ist hier

Herbert Kuhner
(click here  and scroll down for English translation)
Charlie kam zuerst, und dann kam Buster. Charlie rutschte aus und hat Ausrutscher verursacht, und er hat sich mit den Schurken herumgeschlagen. Charlie war manchmal bösartig, aber Buster war immer sanft. Die Looney Tunes-Trickfilm-Charaktere haben dann die Grobheit fortgesetzt. Buster war der Ernste und Aufrichtige; er hat […]

A Reading of Four One Act Plays by Alter Brody

Saturday June 13th, 01 p.m.
The Jewish Theater
Kandlgasse 6/1
1070 Vienna
Tel. 319 96 19
LAMENTATIONS
Four Folk-Plays of the American Jew
by
ALTER BRODY
Author of “A Family Album”
Alter Brody, American Poet and Playwright
The American Jewish poet Alter Brody published A Family Album,
a volume of poetry,  in the last year of World War I.
He continued to publish in journals during the Twenties.
In […]

“Anbiedern, das ist das Traurigste”

Franz Voves, Landeshauptmann, Steiermark
Die Presse. Klaus Höfler, 5.6.09
Voves: Was die „Kronen Zeitung” macht, ist ein Wahnsinn und gefährdet die Demokratie, weil Menschen manipuliert werden … Es muss endlich einen Politiker geben, der sagt: Das halt’ ich nicht mehr aus!
Klaus Höfler: Ihr Parteikollege Bundeskanzler Werner Faymann hält es offenbar sehr gut aus.
Voves: Solche, die sich anbiedern […]