English subtitles for clip: File:Zuckmayer-Medaille 2019 22.webm

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I have come to the conclusion that Mr Menasse enjoys other freedoms in his novels, but not in the political debate.

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I say again, if he then also has the insight and actually admits the mistake, and then also says that he will look in the future, that this will not happen again, then I do not find that unbelievable, but on the contrary right.

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I wouldn't be MaLu Dreyer if I didn't say: I can accept that. I can concentrate on the artistic work

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Our society also lives from the fact that errors admitted are then also accepted. Robert Menasse is undisputedly a great artist. I may also say that you give an artist the freedom in his novels to take the freedom to work with fictions on this level.

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The offer to us to discuss pointetly, that is what we expect from art in the positive sense.