Lesung mit Sebastian Brück: Der Über-Dandy - Hanns Heinz Ewers tanzt Italo Disco

In the organizer's words:

Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943) was everything at once - egomaniacal, excessive, brilliant, politically reprehensible, sexually incorrect, literarily successful - and a Düsseldorfer! The internationally celebrated star disappeared from the canon at some point - but now he is being revived, by the author Sebastian Brück. And there he is, with a walking stick, tweed suit, Italo disco in his ear and a far too muscular dachshund on a lead. The present does not recognize him. His books are forgotten. But who is the man who seems to be the spitting image of the former scandalous author? A brilliant impostor? An obsessed fan? He can't be a time traveler in search of his own echo. Or is he? A wild road trip through German cultural history unfolds between Düsseldorf, Cologne, Berlin and various gaps in memory - from the Belle Époque to Weimar and the brown catastrophe.
In the park of the Malkasten, which was also the artistic home of the eccentric author, the self-confessed Hanns Heinz Ewers afficionado Sebastian Brück will present his book - and will certainly have a lot to tell!
Moderation: Maren Jungclaus, Literaturbüro NRW
Welcome & introduction: Christoph Westermeier, Head of Künstlerverein Malkasten

Everything about Hanns Heinz Ewers: https://hannsheinzewers.de/
Organized by the Literaturbüro NRW in cooperation with the Künstlerverein Malkasten