Iris Hanika is awarded the Karlsruhe Hermann Hesse Prize for her novel “Echos Kammern” / reading in Kirchzarten.
Sophonisbe: There is not just one name that tells of the desire for something unusual. It is also the first name of the most famous female painter of the Renaissance: Sofonisba Anguissola, who was completely wrongly forgotten before a Viennese exhibition was dedicated to her 25 years ago. Sofonisba, who was almost 100 years old, frequented the highest circles, she portrayed and taught Elisabeth von Valois, the third wife of Henry II. It can be said that she is a beacon in the history of women who are artistically active. So it’s good that Iris Hanika also opened a room for the painter in her novel “Echos Kammern” by showing her protagonist …
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