{"id":53684,"date":"2022-11-18T05:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T04:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=53684"},"modified":"2023-11-06T09:42:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T08:42:37","slug":"ingeborg-bachmann-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/ingeborg-bachmann-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingeborg Bachmann exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bachmannsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Pages of text from a book\" class=\"wp-image-53604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bachmannsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bachmannsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>One of the German-speaking world&#8217;s most prestigious literary awards is the annual Bachmannpreis, named in honour of Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973). The Literature Museum presents a homage to the name giver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One of Austria&#8217;s greatest writers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Known for her poems, essays, plays, and much more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lots of archive material reveals her genius<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All explanatory text in English, too<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Nov 17, 2022 &#8211; Nov 5, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/literature-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"21648\">Literature Museum overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A homage<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bachmann1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Ingeborg Bachmann\" class=\"wp-image-53602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bachmann1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bachmann1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Ingeborg Bachmann in Rome, 1962; photo \u00a9 Heinz Bachmann\/Familienarchiv Bachmann)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with all too many creative geniuses, Ingeborg Bachmann left us before her time, aged just 47. Yet she also left her literary mark on the German-speaking world and beyond through a body of work that stretches across poems, essays, plays, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To give you an indication of Bachmann&#8217;s talent and impact, the New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.nytimes.com\/www.nytimes.com\/books\/99\/10\/03\/nnp\/bachman-malina.html\">described<\/a> her only finished novel, <em>Malina<\/em>, as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2026equal to the best of Virginia Woolf and Samuel Beckett.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>(If you&#8217;d like to read the novel, New Directions Publishing has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbooks.com\/book\/malina\/\">translated edition<\/a>, for example.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost 50 years after her death in Rome, Bachmann still remains a figure of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I write this, for example, a treatise covering the letters she exchanged with her one-time lover Max Frisch sits on bestseller lists at Amazon Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Literature Museum of the Austrian National Library pays respect to Bachmann&#8217;s work in a special exhibition pitched as a homage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the materials she left behind found their way into the library&#8217;s archives, so the exhibition presents us with manuscripts, letters, draft poems, and other items that bring her world and words to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audio clips (in German), films, photos, and contributions from contemporary creators also help to build a picture of this enigmatic and iconic writer.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bachmann2.jpg\" alt=\"Text with handwritten revisions\" class=\"wp-image-53603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bachmann2.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bachmann2-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Ingeborg Bachmann: &#8220;B\u00f6hmen liegt am Meer&#8221;, revised version; photo \u00a9 \u00d6sterreichische Nationalbibliothek)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Essentially, we take a journey through various themes, such as Bachmann&#8217;s views on gender relations, her interest in music and philosophy, or her travels. Each theme fills a small niche area, with a summary text and various items providing illustration and detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most English speakers will not be familiar with Bachmann, but the exhibition quickly reveals her intellectual depth and skill&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A writer of libretti who crafted important essays on Wittgenstein. A novelist with a doctorate in philosophy. A poet who made the cover of <em>Der Spiegel<\/em> in her mid-20s. A correspondent with the likes of Henry Kissinger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The displays also offer incidental insight into the writing life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One glass cabinet, for example, has the accoutrements of the stereotypical writer: a notebook with scribbled lines of text, some crossed out. A packet of cigarettes. A poem drafted on a paper napkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annotated drafts pervade the exhibition; the driven writer is never truly finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for those brought up on PCs and smartphones, a little bonus treat: have a go on the kind of mechanical and electronic typewriters Bachmann would have used and compose your own tribute to her talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(We actually see Bachmann&#8217;s own Olympia typewriter elsewhere in the exhibition.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets and tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore the life and legacy of Ingeborg Bachmann from November 17th 2022 to November 5th, 2023. A ticket for the Literature Museum includes the special exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Bachmann&#8217;s story inspires your own literary endeavours, Vienna&#8217;s coffee houses have provided warmth and succour to writers through the centuries. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-frauenhuber\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27105\">Caf\u00e9 Frauenhuber<\/a>, for example, is just around the corner and first opened in 1824. At the time, Charles Dickens was not yet a teenager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the travel tips at the bottom of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/literature-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"21648\">Literature Museum article<\/a>. The location is just off the central pedestrianised area, so easily reached while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/walking-tour\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"50322\">trawling through the old town<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Johannesgasse 6, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1asmHlbVpicbQLt1557vf6l4l0zQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the German-speaking world&#8217;s most prestigious literary awards is the annual Bachmannpreis, named in honour of Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973). The Literature Museum presents a homage to the name giver. 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