Reading and discussion
When the First World War began, they were at the height of their careers and among the most renowned German authors: the brothers Heinrich Mann and Thomas Mann. The younger Thomas had perfected the art of the 19th century European novel with Buddenbrooks, while the older Heinrich was regarded as a master of political satire and the forefather of Expressionism. The brothers had much in common and were similar in many ways. Only politically were they distant from each other: Thomas Mann as a defender of the German Empire, Heinrich Mann as its staunch critic. Heinrich Mann formulated his criticism in the famous Zola essay, while Thomas Mann spent four years writing his response in the Betrachtungen eines Unpolitischen. It is essentially a polemic against his brother, who is attacked in it as a "civilized man of letters".
Shortly before his death, the well-known author and journalist Hanjo Kesting was able to reconstruct the bitter fraternal dispute from letters and other documents and compile it into a text collage that has lost none of its exemplary significance even after more than a hundred years. Read by Ulrich Noethen (Heinrich Mann) and Frank Arnold (Thomas Mann).
Hanjo Kesting studied philosophy, literature and history in Cologne, Tübingen and Hamburg. 1973-2006 Head of the main editorial department for the cultural word at Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Numerous publications on literature and music. Most recently: "Thomas Mann. Glanz und Qual", Göttingen 2023 - "Dreimal Amerika. Journeys across the ocean", Hanover 2023 - "Information. Conversations with Writers", Hanover 2024 - "Vorklang des Paradieses. Musikalische Streifzüge", Hanover 2024 - "Rühre dich nicht ... Lass den Wind reden. 77 literary essays", Hanover 2024 - "Mach's einer nach. Gesammelte Lobreden", Hanover 2025 - Hanjo Kesting was the editor of Deutsche Grammophon's audio books for many years and has published an audio edition of world literature in 50 volumes. 1982 Critics' Prize of the Salzburg Festival, 2005 Kurt Morawietz Literature Prize of the City of Hanover, 2007 honorary doctorate from the University of Hamburg. Member of the PEN Center of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Ulrich Noethen studied acting at the Hochschule für darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart and was engaged at the Städtische Bühnen Freiburg, the Schauspiel Köln and the Staatliches Schauspielhaus in Berlin, among others. He has worked with directors such as Frank Castorf, Max Färberböck, Hans Neuenfels and Katharina Thalbach. - Ulrich Noethen has appeared in many film productions and has received numerous awards, "Die Luftbrücke" (Award: Goldene Kamera, Deutscher Fernsehpreis), "Teufelsbraten" (Award: Grimme-Preis), "Comedian Harmonists" (Award: Deutscher Filmpreis and Bayerischer Filmpreis). He has made recordings of Thomas Mann's "Doctor Faustus" and complete recordings of Lev N. Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina".
Frank Arnold studied philosophy and theater studies at the Free University of Berlin and acting at the Berlin University of the Arts. He has appeared on stage in Berlin, Heidelberg and Düsseldorf and worked as an acting director and dramaturge in Munich, Berlin, Zurich and Vienna. He has also directed several operas and worked as a lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin. Numerous radio and television productions as well as audio books in which Frank Arnold has acted as narrator have made his voice one of the best-known in Germany. In 2014, he was honored with the German Audiobook Award in the category "Best Performer" for his reading of the novel "Landgericht" by Ursula Krechel.
Organizer: Erich-Maria-Remarque-Friedenszentrum and Literaturbüro Westniedersachsen
Location: Vienna House Remarque, Natruper-Tor-Wall 1
Admission: 10 € / reduced 7 €
Registration: Literaturbüro Westniedersachsen, Tel. 0541 2027908, Email: LitOs-info@osnabrueck.de
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