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SUMMARY:Stories of Resistance: Olivier Norek in Conversation with Andrey Kurkov
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a powerful evening of conversation between bestselling French author Olivier Norek and acclaimed Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov\, as they explore war\, resistance\, and the endurance of the human spirit through their latest works. \nIn The Winter Warriors\, Olivier Norek revives the icy silence of the Finnish forests during the Winter war of 1939—a forgotten front where rifles froze\, but not the will of a nation. Against all expectations\, Finland resisted the Soviet onslaught with nothing more than skis\, cunning\, and courage. At the heart of this stark and haunting narrative stands Simo Häyhä\, the legendary sniper known as the White Death\, who becomes a chilling symbol of one man’s ability to shift the tide of history. \nMeanwhile\, in Our Daily War\, Andrey Kurkov writes from today’s frontiers—not of history\, but of life itself. With piercing humanity and quiet defiance\, he documents the everyday surrealism of Ukraine under siege: children doing schoolwork in metro stations\, winemakers repurposing war detritus\, and soldiers scribbling messages of remembrance on their ammunitions. \nTogether\, these two authors offer a unique and moving reflection on what is means to resist. Across time and geography\, The Winter Warriors and Our Daily War speak to the same truth: when history tries to erase a people\, resistance becomes not just survival\, but identity. \nAs war redraws maps and tests identities\, Norek and Kurkov remind us that it is not always the grand strategies that shape destiny\, but the unbreakable thread of resilience—from the snows of Karelia to the skies above Kyiv.
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SUMMARY:Book Presentation and Discussion with Anne Sebba and Rosie Goldsmith – The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz
DESCRIPTION:The ACF London is delighted to welcome acclaimed historian and biographer Anne Sebba for a special evening celebrating her latest publication The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz – A Story of Survival. \nThis event will feature an introduction to the orchestra\, whose main conductor was the Viennese-born Alma Rosé\, and a discussion with Anne Sebba and award-winning journalist Rosie Goldsmith\, followed by a Q&A. \nIn 1943\, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted into a hurriedly assembled band that would play marching music to other inmates\, forced labourers who left each morning and returned\, exhausted and often broken\, at the end of the day. While still living amid the most brutal and dehumanising of circumstances\, they were also made to give weekly concerts for Nazi officers\, and individual members were sometimes summoned to give solo performances of an officer’s favourite piece of music. It was the only entirely female orchestra in any of the Nazi prison camps and\, for almost all of the musicians chosen to take part\, being in the orchestra saved their lives. What role could music play in a death camp? What was the effect on those women who owed their survival to their participation in a Nazi propaganda project? And how did it feel to be forced to provide solace to the perpetrators of a genocide that claimed the lives of their family and friends? \nFrom Alma Rosé\, the orchestra’s main conductor\, niece of Gustav Mahler and a formidable pre-war celebrity violinist\, to Anita Lasker-Wallfisch\, its teenage cellist and last surviving member\, Sebba draws on meticulous archival research and exclusive first-hand accounts to tell the full and astonishing story of the orchestra\, its members and the response of other prisoners for the first time. \nAnne Sebba is a historian and an award-winning biographer who began her career as a Reuters correspondent based in London and Rome. She has written eleven works of non-fiction\, mostly about iconic 20th century women\, translated into a variety of languages including French\, Polish\, Czech\, Japanese and Chinese\, makes regular television and radio appearances and has presented two BBC radio documentaries about musicians. She is the author of the international bestseller That Woman\, an acclaimed biography of Wallis Simpson\, Duchess of Windsor\, and the prize-winning Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived\, Loved and Died Under Nazi Occupation. Her most recent book was Ethel Rosenberg\, the Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother\, shortlisted for the Wingate award. Anne is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature\, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research and trustee of the National Archives Trust. \nRosie Goldsmith is an award-winning journalist specializing in arts and foreign affairs. A BBC staff Senior Broadcast Journalist for twenty years\, she travelled the world and presented several flagship programmes. Today she combines journalism with chairing and curating arts and literary events in the UK and across the world. Known also as a champion of international literature\, translation and language learning\, she promotes them whenever she can. She is Founder and Director of the European Literature Network\, Editor-in-Chief of The Riveter magazine\, Artistic Director of the European Writers’ Festival and was Chair of the Judges of the EBRD Literature Prize 2018-2020\, a prize that she helped set up. She is presenter of the Slightly Foxed books podcast.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/book-presentation-and-discussion-with-anne-sebba-and-rosie-goldsmith-the-womens-orchestra-of-auschwitz/
LOCATION:Austrian Cultural Forum London\, 28 Rutland Gate\, London\, SW7 1PQ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Beyond Words
DESCRIPTION:From 5 to 17 May\, the Institut français goes Beyond Words and takes us on a literary journey through discussions\, readings\, and screenings. \n\n\n\n\n\nAudiences can expect the best of contemporary French literature in English translation\, the latest and most inspiring publications from both sides of the Channel and a great line-up including acclaimed authors and new voices. \nWith special thanks to Florence and Vincent Gombault\, and to the Friends of the French Institute Trust for their support to the festival.
URL:https://euniclondon.org/event/beyond-words/
LOCATION:Institut français in London\, 17 Queensberry Place\, London\, SW7 2DT\, United Kingdom
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