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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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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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David Mamet Moves to the Right

Herbert Kuhner
Why is David Mamet embracing the Reactionary Right? It’s simple. The RR didn’t like Jews much in the old days. But now the RR is supporting Israel against the Palestinians with no holds barred.
The “Democracy Now” crowd, like Vanessa Redgrave and her ilk, have two bogeymen, the United States and Israel. Now I’m […]

James Carville and Mary Matalin at Home

Herbert Kuhner
James Carville is as Liberal as they come. Mary Matalin is Conservative from the get-go.
They have a happy marriage.
Carville on Sarah Palin, former Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska:
“I mean she was touted experience as mayor of this town in Alaska.
This is a picture of the city hall. It looks like a bait shop in South […]

Art and Ritual Violence

Herbert Kuhner
Hermann Nitsch: “I could well envision that murder could be a component of a work of art; the artist’s accountability would be on another level….Thus, art can consist of a crime.” Killing was and is beyond all moral judgments.”
Here is a segment of the Partitur of “The Orgies Mystery Theater”: “A 7-year old […]

Kunst und Körperlichkeit

Herbert Kuhner
Hermann Nitsch: „Ich könnte mir vorstellen, daß ein Mord Bestandteil eines Kunstwerks ist, daß aber jetzt eine andere Verantwortungsebene an den Mörder herantritt (…) Also: Kunst kann auch ein Verbrechen sein, sagen wir so. Das Töten war und ist außerhalb des ethischen Urteils.”
Hier ein Zitat aus der Nitsch Partitur: „Ein 7-jähriger Knabe wird wie […]

Boys Will Be Boys

Yes, boys will be boys,
and having a lady give her consent
is just half the fun.These days
muckraking journals and the fuzz
are party poopers.
who lay in wait for boys
who sow their oats
in the good old-fashioned way.

 Bill and Arnie Call a Spade a Spade

Bill looked me and a few other people square in the eye, squinting his […]

Goodbye Osama

The Most Beautiful Mass-Murderer

Our Twentieth Century mass murderers were the most effective in the history of mankind. They had no compunctions about erasing humans from our planet. Our contemporary variety has no fear of being called to account on Judgment Day. According to them, God’s bidding is to engage the bloodletting.
The ugliest villain of all […]

A Designer’s Love for Hitler

“… I love Hitler, and people like you would be dead today. Your mothers, your forefathers, would be … gassed and … dead.”
- John Galliano, Dior’s former fashion designer
Hitler hated Jews but he did not love gays!

Being Gay in the Third Reich

Herbert Kuhner
I’ve quipped “they don’t bother me if they don’t bother me” and […]