Tag: Illies
Florian Illies’ speech at the Bavarian Book Prize – Culture
The honorary award of the Bavarian Book Prize is obviously not awarded for a particularly honorable role played by Bavaria or Munich in the prizewinner’s books. On the contrary: when…
Florian Illies about Caspar David Friedrich – culture
So elegantly, so easily, so comprehensively educated and well-read, without leaving all of this or the, of course, thorough research hanging out, Florian Illies has been fanning out important years…
Florian Illies receives honorary award at the Bavarian Book Prize 2023 – Munich
“Florian Illies paints with words. His books are collages of contemporary history – entertaining, humorous, critical and never boring,” says Markus Söder about Florian Illies. The writer is to receive…
Furious: The new book “Love in Times of Hate” by Florian Illies – Culture
Between the two world wars, love raged through letters, conversations, souls, and beds. Or was it pure despair? In his new book, the author Florian Illies investigates the secret of…