Birgit Haustedt
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Birgit Haustedt
Birgit Haustedt has a PhD in Literary Studies and taught at the University of Salerno for many years. Today she is a freelance author and lives in Hamburg.
Birgit Haustedt has a PhD in Literary Studies and taught at the University of Salerno for many years. Today she is a freelance author and lives in Hamburg.
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Year of Publication: 2025
Birgit HaustedtYear of Publication: 2025
Rilke in Italy
For Rainer Maria Rilke, poetry and travel were inextricably linked. Italy, a country that had been special to him since his childhood and whose language he mastered, played a prominent role in his work. His main destinations were Florence, Rome, Capri, Venice and Duino: where he would stay for months at a time, and which he knew better than many of the locals. Above all, though, these are the...
Year of Publication: 2017
Birgit HaustedtYear of Publication: 2017
Venice
First, you have breakfast in the hidden Caffè del Doge, where you get the best coffee in the city, before you dive into the hustle and bustle of the Rialto fish market. Afterwards, you marvel at fashion and perfume art in the sumptuous atmosphere of the Palazzo Mocenigo and then take midmorning refreshments of cicchetti, Italian tapas, and an ombra, a breath of chilled...