In conversation with Elke Heidenreich, author Anuschka Roshani provides insights into Truman Capote's life and work.
Monday, 23. September 2024, 20:00 – 21:00 h
At Literaturhaus Zurich, Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zürich
The famous American writer Truman Capote ("Breakfast at Tiffany's", "In Cold Blood") wrote like a man possessed since his childhood. He was eccentric, homosexual and addicted. He was long the favourite of high society, but was then disowned and died in Los Angeles in 1984, a month before his sixtieth birthday.
Author Anuschka Roshani has been following Capote's footsteps for many years and met numerous companions (including his friend, his dance partner at Studio 54, his editor and his almost-adopted daughter). In conversation with Elke Heidenreich about her book "Truboy" (Kein & Aber 2024), she provides insights into Capote's life and work and talks about her search for clues, which ultimately even led her to the fragment of the lost novel "Answered Prayers".
Anuschka Roshani studied behavioural biology and attended the Henri Nannen School of Journalism before working for many years as an editor and reporter at ”Der Spiegel” and the “Tages-Anzeiger” magazine. Born in Berlin, she has lived in Zurich with her family since 2002. She has published Truman Capote's complete works with Kein & Aber ("Die Hunde bellen. Alle Reportagen, Porträts und Reiseskizzen"). Her debut "Komplizen" was published in 2018. "Gleissen" followed in 2022. She wrote her dissertation on Truman Capote. She also dedicated herself to him with the literary detective story «Truboy. Mein Sommer mit Truman Copote» ("Truboy. My summer with Truman Copote", 2024).
Elke Heidenreich, born in 1943, lives in Cologne. She studied German and theatre studies and worked in radio and television. Elke Heidenreich has received several awards for her work, including the Ernst Johann Literature Prize 2021. She is the author of short stories and short stories, children's books and opera libretti, she has worked as a writer and narrator in radio plays, presented on television and appears as a literary critic on SRF Literaturclub, among others. Her most recent publications include "Männer in Kamelhaarmänteln" (2020), "Ihr glücklichen Augen" (2022), the children's book "Frau Dr Moormann & ich" (2023) and "Altern" (2024).