With deep sadness, Villa Vigoni bids farewell to its long-standing member and friend Hansgeorg Schmidt-Bergmann. The news of his sudden passing has deeply affected us.
Hansgeorg Schmidt-Bergmann loved and enriched the German-Italian dialogue on society and literature, keenly following the circulation and reception of themes and topoi between Italy and Germany. He could not countenance national: literature always represented a force capable of crossing and breaking down borders.
The numerous obituaries that have appeared in the main German-language newspapers rightly recall his high scientific prestige; We will miss his intelligent and humane voice and will remember him as a person of extraordinary erudition and extraordinary kindness, whom we intend to honour with our grateful and affectionate remembrance.
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