Näher an die Ferne: Hologramm einer Reise (Veröffentlichungen des Südostdeutschen Kulturwerks)

by Judith Wermuth-Atkinson

German

151 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Dr. Judith Wermuth-Atkinson is a multi-lingual author and literature scholar. She has received her PhD from Columbia University where she has also been teaching courses on world literature, philosophy, and aesthetics. Previously, she has studied and taught in different countries in Eastern and Western Europe, and the Middle East. She writes poetry, essays, and creative non-fiction. In addition to her academic book "The Red Jester. Andrei Bely’s Petersburg as a Novel of the European Modern" (2012) she has also published a memoir, "Näher an die Ferne" [Closer to the Faraway] (1999), as well as essays on spiritual topics, a book of tales about old people entitled “The Holy Dusters” (2015), and a number of translations of philosophical and literary works. Her most recent book is "Blue Poppies.A Spiritual Travelogue from the Himalaya" -- a book, in which she details her personal spiritual journey while she was living and studying in the Indian Himalaya.