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SUMMARY:The Extraordinary Life of Edith Tudor Hart – Émigré\, Photographer and Secret AgentBook talk by Daria Santini\, London (United Kingdom)
DESCRIPTION:In her talk\, Daria Santini will present her new biography of the Austrian-British photographer and Soviet agent Edith Tudor Hart (1908–1973). At the centre of a wide and vibrant circle of predominantly Central European artists\, architects\, designers\, scientists\, intellectuals and political activists in 1930s and 1940s London\, Tudor Hart combined a successful career as a photographer with a clandestine role as a communist agent. This remarkable dual identity forms the basis of a compelling and dramatic life story. \n\nImage above: Edith Tudor Hart\, London ca 1935. \n\nREGISTER HEREBorn in Vienna into a secular\, social-democratic Jewish family deeply rooted in the progressive culture of the city that became known as ‘Red Vienna’\, Edith Tudor Hart studied at the Bauhaus before moving to London in 1933\, having acquired British citizenship through marriage. She went on to become one of the leading documentary photographers of her generation. While acknowledging the significance of her clandestine work on behalf of Soviet intelligence – including her role in the recruitment of Kim Philby\, one of Stalin’s most valuable agents in the West – Santini’s talk will focus on Tudor Hart’s remarkable photographic achievement. Combining the socially engaged aesthetics of political photography with the modernist vision of her Bauhaus training\, her images stand as a lasting testament not only to her artistic talent but\, above all\, to her profound humanity and acute sense of history. \n\nEdith Tudor Hart\, Isokon Building Opening Party\, London 9 July 1934\n\nEdith Tudor Hart\, London ca 1935 \n\n\nDaria Santini is a London-based literary scholar\, biographer and cultural historian. Born in Rome\, she was educated in Italy and Germany and taught German Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. A Woman Named Edith. Émigré\, Photographer and Secret Agent – The Extraordinary Life of Edith Tudor Hart is her most recent book. She is also the author of The Exiles. Actors\, Artists and Writers Who Fled the Nazis for London (Bloomsbury\, 2019). \nThis event is part of the online series “Flight or Fight. stories of artists under repression.” \n\n\nORDER THE BOOK HERE\nPlease donate generously to make programs like this possible. Thank you. \n\nThe Fritz Ascher Society is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. Your donation is fully tax deductible. \nDONATE HERE
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