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This bilingual monograph marks the first time her previously largely unknown artistic oeuvre, giving voice to her own experiences of Nazi oppression and exile, is documented in its entirety. The book includes texts by friends as well as
academic contributions discussing both Michie's far-reaching relationships with Austrian expats in London and the early
separation of the twin sisters, whose diverging paths open up complementary perspectives on a common fate. "Where does
the consolation from these pictures come from? It is a mystery, but it's there." -Ilse Aichinger on the works of her twin sister
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Helga Michie, born in Vienna in 1921 as the twin sister of Ilse Aichinger, fled with a Kindertransport to London in July 1939, where she still lives today. Helga established close contact with renowned artists and writers in British exile, such as Elias and Veza Canetti, Erich Fried, Robert Neumann, H. G. Adler, and Michael Hamburger. She first tried to get a foothold as an actress (The Third Man, Odette), later as an author and translator. It was not until the mid-1960s that she started working as a visual artist.
