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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 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 January, 2010

Congratulations Austria?

According to “Profil(e)”Austria is in the lead.
You’re Number One on the European Tally of Smokers.
Austria, you may be runner-up to Hungary on Suicide,
but you’re two up on Hungary in Smoking.
Harry Congratulates the Champion!
from The Grey Haze/Der blaue Dunst
There are thousands, millions, billions of chimneys
polluting the atmosphere of the world
that are producing nothing but inane expressions […]

Walter Reder Redux

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Some quotations by SS-colonel Walter Reder, who was the “last Austrian prisoner of war” until his release an January 24, 1985.
Telegram to the mayor of Marzabotto December 25, 1984: “Nothing lies farther from my heart than forgetting the sacrifice of the martyrs. I beseech the survivors to believe me when I say that I […]