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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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David B. Axelrod at Lhotzky’s Literaturbuffet (2)

David B. Axelrod visited Vienna from July 14th to 18th. 2008You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube videoHarry Kuhner: “How about that as a Dadaistic act?!”
Kenst gornicht helpfn
(An idiomatic Yiddish translation of Gerard Manley Hopkins’
“No Worst, There Is None” by David B. Axelrod)
Kenst gornicht helpfn, a klog iz mir,
Tsoris und gehakte […]

Posted: August 11th, 2008 under Aktuell, Videos.
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David B. Axelrod at Lhotzky’s Literaturbuffet (1)

David visited Vienna from July 14th to 18th.
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Brains and Talent vs. Persistence
If I had half his brains,
I always thought I could
be somebody. And that one -
what talent! But my genius
friend never could fit in -
drinking, drinking until
he shrunk his brain
to ordinary and my
truly-gifted friend
couldn’t […]

Posted: July 31st, 2008 under Poetry, Aktuell, Videos.
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Harry`s Concert (Excerpt)

Harry Kuhner reads a statement (1948!) by Monsignor Otto Mauer at the occasion of the commemoration ’Reflections’ Otto Mauer, at the Archbishop’s Palace, Vienna.
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Filmed by Fritz Kleibel 1999

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Posted: January 8th, 2008 under Aktuell, Materialien, Videos.
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Saying Goodbye

Harry Kuhner reads one of his great Jazz Poems about Billie Holiday and Lester Young. Taped live in Vienna 1999. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Posted: August 14th, 2007 under Videos.
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