Tuesday, June 2, 2026
7:00 PM
Literaturhaus Wien
Seidengasse 13
1070 Vienna, Austria
Event entrance: Zieglergasse 26A
I will read three poems from my poetry collection AT WAR, which will be published in autumn 2026.
Why War?
asks Freud of Einstein
Einstein of Freud
The peoples do not know each another
which breeds hatred and disgust,
says Freud. Einstein replies:Humans are warriors
that cannot be eradicated
and would it even be desirable?
Einstein continues, for:
People must struggle
for what is worth struggling for.
(quoted from Ayoub’s poem “Why War?” about the correspondence of two pacifists:
Einstein and Freud)
