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Literaturforum Schwaz: Reading with Simone Scharbert
The author Simone Scharbert reads from her prose text 'Für Anna. Eine Belichtung' (Voland & Quist, 2025)
Anna Atkins, born in 1799 in Tonbridge, England, is now considered one of the first female photographers, but was hardly recognized in her time. She worked tirelessly on the cyanotype process: a new form of illustration at the time using naked light and UV-sensitive coated paper. In For Anna, Simone Scharbert continues her project of making female biographies visible. She tells how Anna Atkins pushed ahead with her photographic and scientific work against many odds, carrying with her all the losses of her life, questions of memory and exposure. Quietly interspersed are small insights into the botanical and colonial history of the Victorian era.
Simone Scharbert, *1974 in Aichach/D, holds a doctorate in political science and studied philosophy and literature. She lives and works as a freelance author and lecturer in Erftstadt/D. Her poetry debut was published in 2017 and she was Schwazer Stadtschreiberin in 2018. Für Anna is her third novel.
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