Pippa Goldschmidt

Novelist, short story writer and astronomer, in residence from November 2014 through July 2015.
Credit: Kim Ayres
Credit: Kim Ayres

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During her residency, Pippa Goldschmidt began work on a novel about the Austrian physicist Schroedinger, collected new ideas for her short stories, and edited an anthology of stories inspired by general relativity. She chatted with scientists from a huge variety of backgrounds and disciplines, learning about bees’ brains, human processing of light, genetic causes of deafness, plankton in Antarctica, protest songs in the USA, and many more fascinating topics, some of which are filtering into her short stories. Pippa attended the FMS jour fixe and book club meetings, offering insightful contributions to the discussions, and gave several readings in Bremen and Berlin, as well as a private reading for the HWK fellows.