My narrative poem memoir which takes me and my family from WW 1, through WW2 and the Holocaust up to my first grandchild, is published and there will be a presentation on June 12 , outdoors. I will read from the book and answer questions.
The book costs $15 (cash preferred/ check Ok, I have no technology for credit cards). It is in English and German.
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My narrative poem memoir which takes me and my family from WW 1, through WW2 and the Holocaust up to my first grandchild, is published and there will be a presentation on June 10, 7 pm at Arts on the Lake. Tom Kersting will be interviewing me, in addition to my reading and answering audience questions. I hope you can come get the book in your hands..
The book costs $15 and $5 will be donated to Arts on the Lake. It is in English and German.
!. The book launch on May 18, 7 PM LiteraturhausWien Zieglergasse 26A, 1070 Vienna at 7PM
There is a lot of history connected with this launch and Literaturhaus. In 2003, I was invited to be part of a panel, “Split Memory,” during the Erich Fried symposium days where I read the first versions of two poems in the Prologue of the book, “MY Holocaust” and “First Generation American,” published in the volume from the Symposium, Czernin Verlag, Vienna, Austria.
My mother, Else Pappenheim, published her memoir and collected medical-psychiatric papers into a book, with Bernhard Handelbauer, Hölderlin, Feuchtersleben and Freud, ” Nausner & Nausner, Gras-Wien, 2004 which was presented at the Literaturhaus. AND: The Theodor Kramer Verlag publishing me now, published my great-aunt, Marie Pappenheim Frisvchauf’s sequel to her novel, “Der Graue Mann,” when she returned from exile in Mexico City in 1947!
2. Reading at Platform BibliotheksInitiativen on May 19 at 7PM Favoritenstraße 22, 1040, ,Vienna
3. Reading May 24, 7PM at the BOOK SHOP SINGER,( Elie Wiesenthal Center) Rabensteig 3, 1010 Vienna
“In artfully fragmented poetic speech, Elisabeth Frischauf’s verses deal with the once widespread family, the murder of the grandmothers that is still alive with the traumatization of the survivors.
With her outage and rebellion, she claims unmistakable subjectivity. We hear a strong voice from New York”- Konstantin Kaiser
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“The New York based psychiatrist, poet and artist moves through her childhood with refugee parents, her youth unter images of murdered relatives and leads us into her world in the heart of New York”- Veronika Zwerger, director Austrian Exile Library
Front cover
Back cover
The book is dedicated:
For all my family and friends and to refugees everywhere.
Für all meine Familie und die Freunde und all die Flüchtlinge, wo immer sie sind.
"In artfully fragmented poetic speech, her verses deal with the once widespread family, with the murder of the grandmothers during the Holocaust that is still alive, with the traumatization of the survivors. With her outrage and rebellion, she claims unmistakable subjectivity. We hear a strong voice from New York. " - Konstantin Kaiser
“The New York-based psychiatrist, poet and artist Elisabeth Frischauf (www.elisabethfrischauf.com) moves in her poems through her refugee childhood and youth with images of murdered relatives during the Holocaust and leads us into her world in the heart of New York.,“ Veronika Zwerger, Director, Austrian Exile Library.
They clasp my hand" poems in English and in translation into German by Ernst Karner has been published in the series of poetry Nadelstiche by the Theodor Kramer Society.