At the Western University of Timişoara, in the A01 amphitheater, on November 15, 2024, the launch event of the audiobook "Letters to a young man from Timișoara" took place. The actors Alexandru Mihăescu and Yannick Becker and the writer Viorel Marineasa participated. The opening speech belonged to Mrs. Prodecan conf. university Dr. Karla Lupșan from the Faculty of Letters, History, Philosophy and Theology at the University of the West in Timișoara.
The reading was based on the correspondence between Rainer Maria Rilke and Franz Xaver Kappus, and in the selected selection the emphasis was placed on the letters of the young officer Kappus, born in Timisoara and whose letters to the great German poet, considered missing, were discovered and published in the year 2019. The project was coordinated by the actor and director Alexandru Mihăescu, the sound design was made by Uțu Pascu, and William Totok drafted the audiobook foreword.
This artistic creation was made possible through an Energie funding! Creative grants, awarded by the Municipality of Timișoara, through the Project Center. The creation does not necessarily represent the position of the Project Center of the Municipality of Timișoara, and it is not responsible for its content or the way it can be used.