A conversation between David D. Kim and author Barbara von Bechtolsheim about Hannah Arendt and Heinrich Blücher on the occasion of Bechtolsheim's biography of the couple.

Hannah Arendt and Heinrich Blücher met as exiles in Paris. Four years later, they married and soon emigrated to the United States. They found their intellectual and emotional home in their dialogue with one another. Arendt and Blücher were almost inseparable: for over thirty years, they inspired each other another philosophical workshop, disagreeing with one another, trusting one another, and maintaining friendships with artists, literati, and philosophers. Their exile experience shapes the political thought and action of a creative couple who still inspires us today.
Author Barbara von Bechtolsheim will explore with David D. Kim how both figures lived and reflected upon exile, freedom, and social responsibility.

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Barbara von Bechtolsheim studied Literature, Philosophy and Psychology in Munich and Stanford. She teaches Literature and Cultural Studies at various universities and researches the creativity of couples. As a literary translator, she acts as intermediary between American and German culture in many different ways.