Florian Havemann

Florian Havemann (born 12 January 1952 in East Berlin) is the son of East German dissident Robert Havemann.

Biography

He is a German writer, painter and composer. He is also a judge at the State Constitutional Court of Brandenburg.

He fled to West Germany during the Cold War and was the subject of the song "Enfant perdu" ("Lost child") by Wolf Biermann. In the song, Biermann mocked Havemann for fleeing East Germany and thus deserting socialism.

In 2023 he co-authored the novel Begabung usw with his lover Hanna Lakomy.^[1]

Sources

^ Lakomy, Hanna (17 September 2023). ""Salomé Balthus – wie sie wurde, was sie geworden ist"" [“Salomé Balthus – how she became what she has become”]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.

[1] Lakomy, Hanna (17 September 2023). ""Salomé Balthus – wie sie wurde, was sie geworden ist"" [“Salomé Balthus – how she became what she has become”]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.

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