Helga Michie: I Am Beginning to Want What I Am

Overview

Helga Michie fled with one of the last Kindertransports to London in July 1939, where she still lives today. This bilingual monograph marks the first time her largely unknown artistic oeuvre, which gives voice to her own experiences of Nazi oppression and exile, is documented in its entirety. The book includes texts by her friends as well as academic contributors who discuss both Michie's far-reaching relationships with Austrian expats in London and her early separation from her twin sister whose diverging path opens up complementary perspectives on a common fate.

Author Biography

Jeremy Adler is an author and Professor Emeritus of German studies at King's College London. Rüdiger Görner is a professor of new German literature and cultural history at Queen Mary, University of London. Antonia Hoerschelmann is a curator of twentieth- and twenty-first century art at Albertina in Vienna. Christine Ivanovic is a professor at the department of comparative literature at the University of Vienna. Mischa Lucyshyn is an author, translator, teacher and statistics coach who lives in Vienna. Helga Michie fled with one of the last Kindertransports to London in July 1939 where she still lives today. Christine Nagel is an author and director of audio books and films.