What remains. Hannah Arendt as a poet
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Hannah Arendt is best known for her works on totalitarianism and the banality of evil. In an event with Arendt expert Samantha Rose Hill, the focus is now on her poetry. Between 1923 and 1961, Arendt wrote 74 poems, which lead through her eventful life like personal milestones. These poetic testimonies, influenced by Goethe and Schiller, reflect intense moments of joy, love, melancholy and memory. In a bilingual reading, the poems provide an intimate insight into the lives of these formative intellectuals of the 20th century – from the Weimar Republic to the Cold War era, from Marburg to New York.
The event kicks off our Ways of Listening festival, in cooperation with German-American Institute Heidelberg, from March 27 to April 4, 2025, and will be hosted by Samantha Rose Hill herself and legendary interviewer Paul Holdengräber. You can find an overview of the full program here.
Participants
Samantha Rose Hill is the author of Hannah Arendt (Reaktion Books, 2021) and Hannah Arendt’s Poems (Liveright, 2023). She teaches at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and the University of the Underground. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Aeon, and LitHub, among others.
Paul Holdengräber is an intellectual and the founding director of Onassis Los Angeles. Previously, he led an influential cultural series at the New York Public Library, where he conducted conversations with renowned figures such as Patti Smith and Werner Herzog.
Partner
An event series in cooperation with DAI Heidelberg
