"Thomas Mann's Los Angeles: Stories from Exile" - Book presentation and conversation with Benno Herz
Language: German
Info
In a book presentation & conversation, Thomas Mann House Program Director Benno Herz focuses on Thomas Mann's exile in California—a period marked by great literary works and intense cultural exchange between Europe and the United States. The Manns hosted the who's who of social, cultural, and political celebrities in their modernist house, designed by architect J.R. Davidson. Their circle included writers Bertolt Brecht, Vicki Baum, Christopher Isherwood, and Aldous Huxley; actress, screenwriter, and activist Salka Viertel; Hollywood greats such as Max Reinhardt and Ernst Lubitsch; and composers such as Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg.
Participants
Benno Herz is the Program Director at the Thomas Mann House Los Angeles. He is co-editor and co-author of the publications Thomas Mann’s Los Angeles: Stories from Exile 1940-1952 (2022) and Das Thomas Mann House – Politischer Denkort am Pazifik (2023). Herz is a lecturer at UCLA, teaching classes on German-speaking émigrés in Los Angeles, and covers related topics for international media outlets such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.