Vicki Baum – Star author of the Weimar Republic

About this Event

Vicki Baum (1888–1960), best known internationally for her novel Grand Hotel (1929), struggled throughout her life with the label of “bestselling author”. Although she was promoted early on by Thomas Mann, she was nevertheless long considered a “mere” writer of entertainment literature. Only gradually are her texts being reread – among other things as a critique of capitalism and colonialism.