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Pablo Picasso called Franoise Gilot "The Woman Who Says No." Tiny, talented, and feisty, and an accomplished artist in her own right, Gilot left Picasso after a ten-year relationship, the only woman to escape his intense attentions unscathed. From 2012 to 2014, German journalist and author Malte Herwig dropped by her ateliers in Paris and New York to chat with her about life, love, and art. She shared trenchant observations, her sharp sense of humor, and over ninety years of experience, much of it in the company of men who changed the world: Picasso, Matisse, and her second husband, the famous virologist Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine. Never one to stand in the shadows, Gilot engaged with ground-breaking artists and scientists on her own terms, creating from these vital interactions an artistic style all her own, translated into an enormous collection of paintings and drawings held by private collectors and public museums around the world. In her early nineties, she generously shared her hospitality and wisdom with Herwig, who started out as an interviewer but found himself drawn into the role of pupil as Gilot, whom he called "a philosopher of joy," shared with him different ways of seeing the world.
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Website: http://malteherwig.comTwitter: @malteherwigFacebook: MalteHerwigInstagram: malteherwig***************Malte Herwig is a German-born reporter, broadcaster and historian. He is known for his in-depth interviews and investigative features, and works as reporter for German Magazine "stern". He has written for various US and British publications, including the New York Times, The Guardian, and The Observer. His German articles have appeared widely in publications such as Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, FAZ, and Sueddeutsche Zeitung. His books "Die Frau, Die Nein Sagt" (The Woman Who Says No) , "Die Flakhelfer" (Post War Lies) , and "Meister der Daemmerung: Peter Handke Eine Biographie" were bestsellers. ***************Malte Herwig ist Autor des "stern" und hat davor für Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, ZEITmagazin, SPIEGEL, der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung, Süddeutschen Zeitung, Weltwoche und New York Times geschrieben. Studium der Literaturwissenschaften, Geschichte und Politikwissenschaft in Mainz, Oxford und Harvard. Nebenbei war er Journalistik-Dozent an der Universität Hamburg (2014-2015) .Zu seinen Büchern gehort die viel beachtete Biographie des Schriftstellers Peter Handke: "Meister der Dämmerung" (DVA 2010) sowie die SPIEGEL-Bestseller "Die Flakhelfer" (DVA 2013) und "Die Frau, die Nein sagt" (Ankerherz 2015) . Promotion 2002 über Naturwissenschaft im Werk Thomas Manns an der Universität Oxford.****************
