Rilke's Last Lover - Reading with Julia Franck

Description

Moderation: Frieder von Ammon (LMU) »Knowing you are unhappy hinders me just as much in life, in my life, as making you happy«, writes Rilke to Baladine Klossowska. The German-French painter from a Jewish family
(and mother of the later painter Balthus) is the last love of the famous poet. In 1920, a passionate, soon unequal relationship begins: She seeks closeness, he needs distance and peace to write. The last letter Rilke writes before his death is addressed to her. In »I drown in the waters of my own love. Rilke's Last Lover« (Pfaueninsel Verlag), Julia Franck (German Book Prize for »The Midday Woman«) creates a captivating literary portrait from the correspondence and biographical sources. During the Rilke Year, she shifts the perspective: Not the poet, but the painter is at the center – as an artist, mother, lover. ENTRY: EURO 16.- / 10.- // STREAM TICKETS: EURO 8.- Organizer: Stiftung Literaturhaus Additional information:
Foyer-Bar from 6 pm

Highlights

• Reading with Julia Franck about Rilke's last lover
• Moderation by Frieder von Ammon (LMU)
• Admission: €16 / €10; Stream tickets: €8

General Information

The reading takes place at the Literaturhaus Munich and explores the relationship between Rainer Maria Rilke and the painter Baladine Klossowska. Julia Franck presents a literary portrait based on the correspondence and biographical sources.

Location

Salvatorplatz 1, 80333 München, Germany

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