Anonymous Call April 15, 1980: At 9:15 this morning, I received an anonymous telephone call. I quote the caller: “Herr Kuhner, if you do not withdraw your case, we will send the public health officer.” The caller then hung up.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Guy is a Nutcase Dr. Kraus presents his analysis in the Austria Presse Agentur: “I have never done anything that could be considered injurious to Herbert Kuhner It’s a pity that he sits at home with his fantasies. There[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tea for Three in the Foreign Ministry On July 26, 1977 I received a call from Dr. Wilfling requesting me to appear at the Foreign Ministry the next day at 4 p.m. I came there at the appointed time. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Cancelled Invitation from Memoirs of a 39er “Herbert Kuhner is predestined to represent Austria in Australia” – Dr. Fritz Cocron, Director of the Austrian Institute in New York “Yes, they’d send a writer but it wouldn’t be Kuhner.” – Rosemary[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Returning to the Scene of the Crime Herbert Kuhner was forced to leave Austria in 1939. In his Memoirs Kuhner presents the balance sheet. Kuhner’s book deals with his experiences after returning to the “new Austria.In it he describes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Co-Editor Bites the Dust He writes extensively about the perpetrators in the days of yore. He’s good on details concerning the barbarism of the past. If you’re a poet who writes on the subject, he’s the one to go[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s Unanimous In 1988, the “Golden Anniversary” of the “Anschluss,” Der Ausschluss appeared. “The jury, which is independent of the Municipal Cultural Department, has unanimously cast its vote against this book (Der Ausschluss/Memoirs of a 39er) I feel that I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No Pension for the Upstart When there were “complications” concerning a writer’s pension, Green Parliamentarian Terezija Stoisits’ reaction: “The front cannot be broken through!” Here’s part of the front: Franz-Leo Popp, head of the Commission Pensions for Writers: “Herbert Kuhner[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Emigré Turned Remigré from Smoke and Fire/Rauch und Feuer You ask why you weren’t asked to return to where you came from. You ask why a Head of State and Princes of the Church didn’t express their desire to have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 1985, a presentation of Austrian Poetry Today/Österreichische Lyrik heute, as well as Hawks and Nighingales: Burgenland Croatian Poetry and Carinthaan Slovenian at the Austrian Institute in New York and readings at American universities were also on the agenda. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I dream in English. I daydream in French. My nightmares are in German. A Perpetrator Speaks “Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.” – Richard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Nightmare of a “Daymare” The publication was long overdue. When In came to the publisher’s office, which was a damp basement, he showed me my book of poems. It had a cloth cover. He explained to me that cloth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…