25th Sils Hesse Days

In recent years, the Sils Hesse Days have developed into a highly regarded forum that enables dialogue between interested readers, well-known authors, representatives of literary studies, actresses and musicians. Thursday, June 12th 4.45 p.m. Welcome aperitif 5.30 p.m. Opening lecture Elke Heidenreich: "Your evening path should be clear and cheerful". With Hermann Hesse against the fear of old age. Musical accompaniment by Marc-Aurel Floros. Friday, June 13th 9.15 a.m. Andrea Bartl: Valorizing the excluded. Disabled people in Hermann Hesse's prose. Discussion to follow. 11 a.m. Alexander Honold: Swimming. Hesse's narrated connections with the fluid element. Discussion to follow. 9 p.m. Evening event: "Hermann Hesse and politics". Staged reading with Graziella Rossi and Helmut Vogel. Musical accompaniment: Christian Kempa (piano). Saturday, June 14th 9:15 a.m. Karl-Josef Kuschel: "The louder the music, the more at risk the country is." Hesse's cultural criticism using music as an example. Discussion to follow. 11:00 a.m. Peter Huber: Pushed to the margins by the mainstream: Camenzind - Giebenrath - Knulp. Discussion to follow. 5:00 p.m. Young Hermann Hesse researchers present their work: Alicia Fuchs: "[N]ot man nor woman." Androgynous character representations in Hermann Hesse's "Steppenwolf" and "Demian." Discussion to follow. Sunday, June 15th 9:15 a.m. Volker Michels: Defying reality. Poetry as resistance in Hermann Hesse. 11:00 a.m. Farewell aperitif