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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 'Hypocrisy'

Shenanigans at Heroes’ Square

Herbert Kuhner
Listen Folks, bad things are happening in Austria. A group is being singled out again, just like in the old days.
On January 27th 2012 the so called Corporation Ball took place at the Hofburg, which is the former Royal Palace. This is a Far Right shindig featuring the Freedom Party and the Fencing Fraternities.
Left-Wing […]

“Angekommen im Vatikan”

Hermann Nitsch im Leopold Museum - JETZT ODER NIE 4. November 2011
Das Leopold Museum zeigt zum ersten Mal in Österreich eine Ausstellung zum zeichnerischen und grafischen Werk von Hermann Nitsch.
Wien (OTS) - Die längst fällige umfassende Würdigung des zeichnerischen und graphischen Werkes von Prof. Hermann Nitsch erfolgte gestern Abend im Rahmen der […]

David and Goliath(s)

Herbert Kuhner

Ed Koch’s Course

Former New York Mayor Ed Koch cheers the construction of settlements by Bibi Netanyahu on land inhabited by Palestinians. President Obama opposes this, as anyone with ounce of objectivity and common sense would.
Ed Koch supported Republican Bob Turner against Assemblyman David I. Weprin, a Democrat, in a race for the House of […]

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 […]

The Pot and the Kettle and Katyn

or A Bit of Truth and a Lot of Lies.
In 1934, Hitler had the SS eliminate Emst Roehm and his SA minions. Roehm was a fellow-Nazi but Hitler’s rival. It often happens that men with the same or similar points of view oppose each other, not due to ideological reasons, but for the sake of […]

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 […]