![]() ![]() Please note: The reading will be presented in German with English subtitles. Although his novels and essays depicting life in locales such as Azerbaijan and the Caucasus helped shape notions of a mysterious and romantic East in the German public imagination, his own incredible life may have been the most fantastical story he left us.Ĭome by and experience a literary collage from Essad Bey’s fantastic oeuvre! ![]() von Leitis, winner of the New York Theater Club Prize.īorn to a Jewish family in Kiev, raised in Baku, and converted to Islam in Berlin, Essad Bey’s (né Lew Nussimbaum) (1905–1942) orientalist writings reached a huge audience in the Weimar Republic. Michael Lahr von Leitis will give a lecture on Essad Bey’s life and times, followed by a dramatic reading of selected works (in German with English subtitles) by Gregorij H. Join us and dive into the fascinating world of Lew Nussimbaum aka Essad Bey: stories between Orient and Occident, longing, searching for one's home and one's identity. von Leitis together with Michael Lahr von Leitis in London to present their literary programme " Lew Nussimbaum aka Essad Bey aka Kurban Said: Cosmopolitan – Wanderer between two worlds – Jewish Muslim – Orientalist" in February. ![]() The ACF is delighted to welcome director & narrator Gregorij H. ![]()
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