Oswald Egger. Oskar Fiala und das Prinzip der kleinsten Wirkung. (Autorenlesung)

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10.11.25, Mon., 19:30
Oswald Egger. Oskar Fiala and the principle of the smallest effect. (Suhrkamp)
Author reading and discussion in the series: New German Literature

Oswald Egger's book about Oskar Fiala and the principle of the smallest effect is dedicated to the forming and mixing of quantities and vast amounts of experiential content into one another: just as interlocking threads in a fabric alternately loosen, hold and bind themselves, so no thought is created, literally separated for itself and prevented from the rest, so firmly and indissolubly, so grown into one another that everything consists and seems to consist of one piece. When Oskar Fiala, a forgotten, unknown author anchored in left-wing social democracy, impoverished and nameless, died in a suburb of Leipzig in 1948, his death certificate included the job title "worker, civil engineering". The young journalist and writer led a restless and aimless wandering life across Europe, which only came to an end during the Second World War. Again and again, he suffered bouts of dissociative disorders, forming a new identity in the name of which he carried out the most daring deeds. He collected experiences that seemed to him to be a world within the world, within the limitations of which he was able to paint his escapades.

Oswald Egger was born in Lana/South Tyrol in 1963. His prose and poems have been translated into several languages and have received numerous awards, most recently the Georg Büchner Prize 2024. He has been Professor of Language and Form at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel since 2011. He received the Villa Massimo Scholarship in 2014 and the Robert Musil Scholarship in 2020. Oswald Egger lives and works at the Raketenstation Hombroich.

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