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SUMMARY:Arnon Grunberg meets Ruth Franklin
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DESCRIPTION:Who was Anne Frank as a historical person\, and how does her li
fe relate to the\nglobal icon she has become? Ruth Franklin speaks with Ar
non Grunberg on her book\nThe Many Lives of Anne Frank.\n\nAnne Frank’s di
ary has come to represent a universal message against hatred and\nprejudic
e. Meanwhile\, her image has been drawn into widely differing and\nsometim
es controversial political contexts\, including comparisons between Jewish
\nsuffering during the Holocaust and Palestinian suffering in Gaza today.
What is\nlost when Anne becomes a symbol for many causes at once? How do w
e balance the\nuniversal power of her words with the historical reality of
her life as a Jewish\ngirl targeted for extermination by the Nazis?\n\nA
conversation about how Anne Frank has been understood\, misunderstood\, an
d\ncontinually reinterpreted since the publication of her diary. How has h
er legacy\nbeen reshaped in an increasingly divided world\, and what does
it mean for a life\nto become a moral symbol?\n\nAbout the speakers\n\nRut
h Franklin is a book critic and former editor at The New Republic. Her\nbi
ography Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (2016) won the National Boo
k\nCritics Circle Award and was named one of the year’s best nonfiction bo
oks by\nThe New York Times\, Time\, and NPR\, among others. Her writing ap
pears in The New\nYorker\, The New York Times Book Review\, The New York R
eview of Books\, and\nHarper’s. Franklin has received several major fellow
ships and awards\, including\na Guggenheim Fellowship. Her earlier book\,
A Thousand Darknesses (2011)\, was a\nfinalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for
Jewish Literature.
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Who was Anne Frank as a historical
person, and how does her life relate to the global icon she has become? Ru
th Franklin speaks with Arnon Grunberg on her book The Many Lives of A
nne Frank.
Anne Frank’s diary has come to represent
a universal message against hatred and prejudice. Meanwhile, her image has
been drawn into widely differing and sometimes controversial political co
ntexts, including comparisons between Jewish suffering during the Holocaus
t and Palestinian suffering in Gaza today. What is lost when Anne becomes
a symbol for many causes at once? How do we balance the universal power of
her words with the historical reality of her life as a Jewish girl target
ed for extermination by the Nazis?
A conversation about how Anne F
rank has been understood, misunderstood, and continually reinterpreted sin
ce the publication of her diary. How has her legacy been reshaped in an in
creasingly divided world, and what does it mean for a life to become a mor
al symbol?
About the speakers Ruth Franklin i
s a book critic and former editor at The New Republic. Her biogra
phy Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (2016) won the Nationa
l Book Critics Circle Award and was named one of the year’s best nonfictio
n books by The New York Times, Time, and NPR, among othe
rs. Her writing appears in The New Yorker, The New York Times
Book Review, The New York Review of Books, and Harper’s
. Franklin has received several major fellowships and awards, includi
ng a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her earlier book, A Thousand Darknesses (2011), was a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.
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