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Monika Marron
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In her current novel "Artur Lanz" she deals with post-heroic society, a time without heroes.
She felt sorry for the "slim boys" who were being presented in the media today, said Monika Maron in an interview with SPIEGEL.
Men have been pushed out of their breadwinner role, there is a downright hatred of them that they find terrible.
Because of these and other statements, for example on Islam, Marron was repeatedly criticized.
Now her publisher has separated from the author.
"Of course I know that one is not happy with all of my political statements about Islam and refugee policy"
Monika Marron
In an interview with "Welt am Sonntag", Maron reported that S. Fischer Verlag had separated from her.
She could only guess the reasons for this: "Of course I know that one is not happy with all of my political statements about Islam and refugee policy," said Maron.
Even with her book "Munin or Chaos in the Head" the publisher approached her with concerns and suggestions before it was published in order to protect her from herself.
"I found that rather strange."
Essay volume will be published next year
The S. Fischer Verlag confirmed the separation to the BR.
For the coming year, however, Maron's essay volume is still announced, according to the BR.
The separation will only be due at a later date.
Maron became popular in 1981 with her debut "Flugasche" about environmental degradation in East Germany.
After the book was published in the West, it came under increasing pressure.
Many of her novels are about people in the GDR or at the time of reunification who rebelled against social pressure to adapt.
The award-winning author has been on the right for a number of years.
A volume with essays by Maron was published in the spring by Susanne Dagen in the "Exil" series of the Dresden book store Loschwitz.
The book series is distributed among other things by the Antaios publishing house of the new right Götz Kubitschek, whose "Institute for State Policy" is monitored by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
The fact that their texts appeared under the catchphrase "Exile" caused a lot of criticism.
The term applies to Jews and artists who fled the Nazi regime, but not to Marron, it said.
She was also not happy about the title, said Maron in an interview with SPIEGEL.
On the other hand, she said the title of the series was "exile from chatter into the world of art".
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