Ingeborg Bachmann is a myth, her diva-like stagings, even her death were legendary. But who was Ingeborg Bachmann?
Instead of an overall picture of her life, Ina Hartwig presents biographical fragments, which take shape through conversations with contemporaries – Enzenberger, Walser, Marianne Frisch amongst others – but also through archive discoveries and site visits. Ina Harwig discovers Ingeborg Bachmann as a contemporary historical figure of the post-war order, as a profiteer of the transatlantic cultural policy of the Cold War, which also included a personal friendship with Henry Kissinger – Ina Hartwig’s conversation with Kissinger is one of the highlights of the book. Ingeborg Bachmann reveals herself to be a politically thinking intellectual and media professional; as a personality, who, despite all her risks, surprises with her wit and practical worldly cleverness.
