A Peculiar Kinship
Etgar Keret and Daniel Kehlmann in Conversation – Event Accompanying the Exhibition Inside Out – Etgar Keret (video recording available)
Due to health reasons, Etgar Keret is currently unable to travel to Berlin and will instead digitally participate in the event. This will take place as planned on 29 Nov with Daniel Kehlmann on-site in the Jewish Museum Berlin.
The Seven Good Years, a collection of autobiographical essays by Etgar Keret, has been published in German under the title Die sieben guten Jahre. Mein Leben als Vater und Sohn. The German translation was the work of none other than Daniel Kehlmann, who has been friends with Keret for many years. In an interview for the Welt newspaper, Keret said of Kehlmann:
“I’ve never asked someone to translate a book of mine. I think Daniel could identify very much with the subject matter... I believe there is a peculiar kinship between Israelis and Germans.”
reocording available
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
Video recording from 29 November 2022; Jewish Museum Berlin 2022
In a conversation as part of the accompanying events program of the Inside Out – Etgar Keret exhibition, Keret and Kehlmann will delve into this “peculiar kinship” as well as the question of whether Keret’s writing is translatable into German. Kehlmann will also read some of Keret’s work in his translation.
Daniel Kehlmann; photo: Beowulf Sheehan, and Etgar Keret; photo: Lielle Sand
Exhibition Inside Out – Etgar Keret: Features & Programs
- Exhibition Webpage
- Inside Out – Etgar Keret: 21 Oct 2022 to 19 Mar 2023
- Digital Content
- Current page: A Peculiar Kinship: Etgar Keret and Daniel Kehlmann in cConversation: Video recording, 2022
- My mother’s favorite music: Exhibition playlist on Spotify
- See also
- Etgar Keret, Author and Screenwriter
- Etgar Keret’s website
