Professor David Peimer
Henrich Heine: ‘One of the Most Remarkable Men and Poets of Our Age’- George Eliot
Summary
Professor David Peimer explores the life and work of Henrich Heine (1797–1856) and discusses why his work still resonates today.
“One of the most remarkable men and poets of our age.” -George Eliot
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a Professor of Literature, Film and Theatre in the UK. He has worked for the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, New York University (Global Division) and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing in New York, UK, Berlin, EU Parliament (Brussels), Athens, Budapest, Zululand and more. He has most recently directed Dame Janet Suzman in his own play, Joanna’s Story, at London Jewish Book Week. He has published widely with books including: Armed Response: Plays from South Africa, the digital book, Theatre in the Camps. He is on the board of the Pinter Centre (London), and has been involved with the Mandela Foundation, Vaclav Havel Foundation and directed a range of plays at Mr Havel’s Prague theatre.
Yeah, great question Gene also, because as I said, I mean, they burnt his books in that 1933 burning, but, they could not stop German, millions and millions of Germans reading. But what they did was, they published his works and they used the name “anonymous,” and they pumped it through propaganda and school education, university. This was somehow anonymous in German literary history.
Great question. No, I don’t think so, because Paris was living more through the Napoleonic and post-Napoleonic period. No, you, you know, no. He was much, he could be more honest about his inner conflicts and in fact he was feted in Paris, was a kind of celebrity, what we would call today celebrity.
Absolutely, absolutely. He was bedridden for quite a few years.