[Stefan Zweig: A Man of Yesterday? An Interview with Klemens Renoldner]

Abstract

The curator of the exhibition We need an entirely different courage! Stefan Zweig - farewell to Europe, Klemens Renoldner, discusses in this interview the relation between texts and contexts with respect to the work of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942). He brings out different contexts of reception and different interpretative approaches, that can put traditional stereotypes about the life and work of the author into new perspectives. The conversation also deals with the cooperation between the Stefan Zweig Centre in Salzburg and the Casa Stefan Zweig in Petrópolis (Rio de Janeiro) and mentions joint projects that have already been realized, as well as future projects.