Zwischen Abschied und Ankunft. Between Departure and Arrival

In 1939 Ilse Aichinger remained in Vienna, while her twin sister Helga travelled to London on a Kindertransport. Some members of their family did not survive the Shoah. In lives marked by departure and arrival, by suffering and creativity, the sisters produced significant literary and artistic works which, 100 years after their birth, are examined and honoured in this bilingual volume.

Ilse Aichinger (1921-2016) was an Austrian writer and an important representative of the German-speaking post-war literature. She wrote short stories, poems and radio plays. Many national and international prizes, i.a. Nelly-Sachs-Preis (1971), Petrarca-Preis (1982), Franz-Kafka-Preis (1983), Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis für Literatur (1995). Geoff Wilkes is a Senior Lecturer in German Studies at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. He has previously translated Ilse Aichingers Die größere Hoffnung and Film und Verhängnis. Blitzlichter auf ein Leben into English for K&N.