Wednesday, 10 June, 7 pm
Stefan Heym's debut novel "Hostages": Anglistisch-Germanistische Perspektiven - Lecture with Prof. Cecile Sandten and Porf. Bernadette Malinowski
Venue: Café Julius im Schocken, Smac Archaeological Museum (Mendelssohn Hall), Stefan-Heym-Platz 1
Admission: free of charge
Stefan Heym's debut novel "Hostages" ("Der Fall Glasenapp") became a bestseller the year it was published, 1942. Taking into account the context in which it was written - Heym had been in exile in America since 1935 - the lecture will focus on the influences of the American narrative tradition and look at the English and German versions from a comparative perspective.
A cooperation between the Chemnitz State Museum of Archaeology and Chemnitz University of Technology as part of the theme year "Tacheles. Year of Jewish Culture in Saxony 2026."
Thursday, 18 June, 7 pm
The unoccupied territory: The literary path to Schwarzenberg - lecture by Henry Kreul
Venue: Stefan-Heym-Forum, TIETZ, 3rd floor, Moritzstraße 20
Admission: 3 euros, reduced 1.50 euros
The event deals with the journalistic and literary engagement with the topic of the "Unoccupied Territory around Schwarzenberg" in publications by various authors from 1961 to Stefan Heyt.
authors from 1961 to Stefan Heym's novel "Schwarzenberg" (1984) and beyond. A second author who has published extensively on this topic, Johannes Arnold, was also born in Chemnitz.
Tuesday, 30 June, 7 p.m.
Stefan Heym and Anatole France: Fallen Angels and Secret Scientists in the Stefan and Inge Heym Working Library
Venue: Stefan Heym Forum, TIETZ, 3rd floor, Moritzstraße 20
Admission: 3 euros, concessions 1.50 euros
On the basis of a newly discovered connection between Stefan Heym's novel "Ahasver" and two stories by Anatole France, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921, this lecture will show how the Stefan and Inge Heym Working Library offers occasions and opportunities for academic work and research. What is the tradition of Heym's novel in literary history and why are fallen angels like "Ahasver" or secret scientists like a character called "Astarac" actually the subject of France's literary narratives?
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