Austrian Cultural Forum NYC

Special Library (Re-)Opening Event

In celebration of the new membership program of our library author Rick Moody and author and critic Dale Peck, both based in New York, will come to blows over iconic Austrian...

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Never Totally Silent In The Forest

The 107-square-meter library at the ACFNY is home to literature relating to Austria. In the idyllic oasis of this special collection you can really...

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2011 Festival Neue Literatur

In February 2011 the second annual Festival Neue Literatur brought a host of German-language authors and poets to New York City and environs...

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2010 ACFNY Translation Prize

In December, the second annual ACFNY Translation prize was awarded to David Dollenmayer for his translation of Michael Köhlmeier's novella...

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Ingeborg Bachmann & Paul Celan: "Herzzeit"

“Herzzeit” is the collection of the long-time correspondence between Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973) and Paul Celan (1920–1970) and contains almost 200 documents...

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In Search of Michael Haneke: 2 new books

Now one of Europe’s pre-eminent filmmakers, Haneke attracted much attention and gained critical acclaim in the 1990s with a string of iconoclastic films about dysfunctional families...

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The Perpetual Peace Project

The Perpetual Peace Project brings various communities and disciplines together to revisit Immanuel Kant's provocative essay with reference to 21st century international priorities...

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Perpetual Peace Talks Arena

In conjunction with the Perpetual Peace Project's installation at the New Museum, a shared space for public programming was created within the museum...

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Perpetual Peace Symposium

With this workshop the Perpetual Peace Project aspired to stimulate a conversation on current obstacles to international peace and security...

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