Ein Karin-Michaëlis-Abend

In the organizer's words:

Manuela Reichart presents the Danish author and her novel "The Dangerous Age" - Nordic Literature Days Extra

In the 1930s, Colette once sent her a basket of flowers with the note: "If it hadn't been for your books, I wouldn't have been able to write mine."

Karin Michaëlis was the best-known and most successful Danish author at the beginning of the 20th century. Her children's book series "Bibi" (a forerunner of "Pippi Longstocking") made her famous in Europe; in 1910, "The Dangerous Old Age", a novel about women's feelings and behavior during the menopause and also about what female aging may look like, became a bestseller. The book, which sold a million copies, caused a scandal. The author traveled through Europe and discussed it with angry women's rights activists and conservatives alike.
Karin Michaëlis went down in literary history not least because she helped Bertolt Brecht to gain exile in Denmark during the Nazi era. She returned from her own American exile impoverished and died forgotten in 1950.

"Das gefährliche Alter" (translation: Daniela Stilzebach) is newly published by Ebersbach & Simon - with an epilogue by Manuela Reichart, who is also the author of a radio play version of the novel and will guide you through the evening.

German reading: Oda Thormeyer

Price information:

€ 14,-/10,- € 6,- Livestream