Tag: Obituary
Obituary for film director Paolo Taviani: A subversive – culture
It must have been strange in recent years – the brothers Vittorio and Paolo Taviani worked together all their lives, made films, they were only mentioned in the same breath.…
Obituary for theater director René Pollesch – Culture
René Pollesch was not only an amazing artist, he was an exceptionally empathetic person. The theater world, which is not always friendly, will therefore remember the now deceased Volksbühne director…
Obituary for CSU politician Alois Glück: A Bavarian person – Bavaria
Liberal, thoughtful, close to the people, Catholic – with Alois Glück, the CSU and the country are losing a politician who stood for moderation and understanding. His virtues are urgently…
Obituary for the musician Georg Riedel: Hymns for Bullerbü – Culture
You probably have to have been through a Swedish winter to understand what a big, loving, almost nature-religious fuss people there make about summer. Or, to get closer to the…
Obituary for Hermann Kurzke: A sensitive reader – culture
Hermann Kurzke wrote the most beautiful and interesting biography of Thomas Mann. His book has an original structure, it alternates between chronological and thematic chapters, and it combines narrative with…
Obituary for Hermann Kurzke – Culture
Hermann Kurzke wrote the most beautiful and interesting biography of Thomas Mann. His book has an original structure, it alternates between chronological and thematic chapters, and it combines narrative with…
Obituary: Florian Besold, President of the Bavarian Unity, has died – Bavaria
When the annual constitutional celebration was held at Munich’s Hofbräuhaus last December 1st, the most important person at the traditional event was missing for the first time. The Munich lawyer…
Obituary: An outstanding scholar
The Egyptologist and cultural theorist Jan Assmann is dead. His legacy is two powerful theories on the development of our culture. source site
Obituary for Johanna von Koczian: Prevented Diva – Culture
Johanna von Koczian came to German films as the Danish Kirsten Hansen, lisped her way through Kurt Hoffmann’s “We Wunderkinder” (1958), took on the good-natured and somewhat naive Hansjörg Felmy,…
Obituary for Johanna von Koczian: Prevented Diva – Culture
Johanna von Koczian came to German films as the Danish Kirsten Hansen, lisped her way through Kurt Hoffmann’s “We Wunderkinder” (1958), took on the good-natured and somewhat naive Hansjörg Felmy,…