Shelly Kupferberg reads in the Spandau city library: The moving story of Isidor, a Jewish life.
Shelly Kupferberg reads in the Spandau city library: The moving story of Isidor, a Jewish life.
Shelly Kupferberg reads on December 5, 2023 at 7 p.m. in the Spandau City Library. Her first novel became a bestseller. “Isidor. A Jewish life”, also described as a narrative non-fiction book, combines life, family and contemporary history.
With the question of the art collection of her great -grandnone, her research began and culminated in: What remains of a person if nothing left of him? Using letters, photos, documents and archive finds, of which the author will also present some, she traces the contours of an amazing career and social advancement. Isidor was a maker and Lebemann who loved luxury, art and opera. On their search for traces in Eastern Galizia, Vienna, Budapest, Hollywood and Tel Aviv, Shelly Kupferberg encounters countless stories: exciting, amazing, strange and always tragic.
"In 1938 the Nazis drove to death in Vienna in Vienna. Almost a hundred years later, his great -grand native brings this dazzling man and his world back to life in this moving book." (Donna Leon) In an interview with the Diogenes publisher, Shelly Kupferberg says: "With all my research and knowledge about Isidor's life, I had the feeling that I give him a story - his history." "A literary stumbling block." finds the mirror (35/2022).
Shelly Kupferberg (*1974, Tel Aviv) grew up in West Berlin. She studied journalism, theater and music sciences. For "Deutschlandfunk Kultur" and "RBB Kultur" she moderates various programs.
The successful author Shelly Kupferberg will read on December 5, 2023 at 7 p.m. in the Spandau City Library. Her book "Isidor. A Jewish Life" tells the fictional history of her great -grandnone Isidor, based on her intensive research about his art collection and his life. Isidor was a well -known maker and Lebemann who had a passion for luxury, art and opera. Kupferberg's search for traces led her to Eastern Galizia, Vienna, Budapest, Hollywood and Tel Aviv, where she encountered exciting stories about Isidor's life. The book also addressed the tragic events of 1938 when the Nazis Isidor killed in Vienna. Kupferberg gives her great -grandnail a voice and gives up his story again. The book was praised by critics and referred to as "literary stumbling block".
Shelly Kupferberg was born in Tel Aviv in 1974 and grew up in West Berlin. She studied journalism, theater and music sciences and moderates various programs for "Deutschlandfunk Kultur" and "RBB Kultur". Your book and the reading in Spandau offer Berlin citizens the opportunity to learn more about the moving history of Isidor and to get an insight into the life of the author.
according to a report by www.berlin.de