Stefan Zweig: A Literary Life

03/05/2026
61 mins
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Exploring his remarkable contribution to world literature, rooted in the Austro-Jewish tradition, In the Future of Yesterday offers a fresh perspective on Stefan Zweig. Founding director of the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations Rüdiger Görner reexamines his globetrotting life and prolific output, including his influential time in England. He joins Jewish Chronicle chief fiction reviewer David Herman to discuss a towering figure whose vibrant writing reminds us that there can only be a future if we remain conscious of the past.

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Rüdiger Görner

Rüdiger Görner was professor of German with comparative literature at Queen Mary University of London. The founder of the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature and the founding director of the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, his books include biographies of Rainer Maria Rilke, Georg Trakl, and Oskar Kokoschka. In 2025, he was awarded the […]

David Herman

David Herman, a former TV producer, is a freelance writer based in London. Over the past 20 years he has written almost a thousand articles, essays, and reviews on Jewish history and literature for publications including the Jewish Chronicle, the Jewish Quarterly, Jewish Renaissance, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Prospect. He has taught courses […]

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Stefan Zweig: A Literary Life

03/05/2026
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61 mins

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Rüdiger Görner

Rüdiger Görner was professor of German with comparative literature at Queen Mary University of London. The founder of the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian...

David Herman

David Herman, a former TV producer, is a freelance writer based in London. Over the past 20 years he has written almost a thousand...