Austrian literature and psychoanalysis: The infant's scream. Clemens Setz: "The Magician"
About the event
Host: Ewa Modzelewska-Kossowska (Polish Psychoanalytic Society), prof. Adam Lipszyc (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Annamaria lives alone with her son. Eight years ago Mario had an accident and remains completely paralyzed. The woman invites sex workers and encourages them to have sex in her son's room. What is the true purpose of this procedure? Did Jürgen from the escort agency satisfy her desires? And why did Annamaria set an infant's scream as a ringtone on her phone?
Clemens J. Setz - born in 1982 in Graz, lives in Vienna. He has been honored with many awards, including the prestigious Georg Büchner Prize. He is a versatile creator: he has six novels, three collections of stories, as well as plays, essays and poems to his name. He became famous with the novels Die Frequenzen (2009) and Indigo (2012), although many critics argue that his talent is most fully revealed in his short stories. He is interested in new technologies and artificial languages, drawing inspiration among others from the romantic tradition of horror and grotesque and from the classics of science fiction.
Pociecha rzeczy okrągłych is Setz’s first book published in Polish. In 2025 it was shortlisted for the Central European Literary Award Angelus.
- “Czarodziej” in: Clemens J. Setz, “Pociecha rzeczy okrągłych”, trans. Agnieszka Kowaluk, Filtry, Warsaw 2024
- Polish Psychoanalytic Society
- Ośrodek Myśli Psychoanalitycznej at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Austrian Library in the University Library in Warsaw
- Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw
- 10.03.2026 (Tuesday)
- 19:00–22:00
- Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw
- Ul. Próżna 7/9, 00-107 Warszawa
Language: Polish
Admission: free after registration at: podroz.zimowa@gmail.com
The seminar takes place on-site at the above address, without recording or streaming.
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