Klara Johanna "Hanna" Lakomy (born 28 February 1984, East Berlin),[1] also known as Salomé Balthus is a German prostitute, entrepreneur, columnist and writer.
Hanna Lakomy | |
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.jpg) Lakomy in 2022 | |
| Born | February 28, 1984 Berlin-Pankow, Germany |
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| Occupation(s) | prostitute, entrepreneur, columnist, writer |
| Parent(s) | Reinhard Lakomy, Monika Ehrhardt |
Biography
editLakomy was born in Berlin-Pankow[2] and grew up in Berlin as the daughter of the musician Reinhard Lakomy and poet Monika Ehrhardt. With them she participated as a speaker in the children's music album Der Wasserkristall (1992).[3] In 2001 Lakomy took part in the workshop for young authors of the New Society for Literature.[4] In 2003 she began studying philosophy and older German literature at the Humboldt University, where she obtained a master's degree in 2012. During her studies she published texts under Klara Lakomy in the magazines Edit[5] and Utopie kreativ,[6] worked as a nude model[7] and from 2010 as a prostitute under the pseudonym Salomé Balthus.
In 2016, Lakomy founded the escort service Hetaera Berlin, a self-described 'feminist collective' of 'modern hetaeras',[8] of which she is the managing director.[9]
From August 2018 to April 2019, she wrote the online column Das Kanarienvögelchen for Die Welt, also under her pseudonym Salomé Balthus, about sociopolitical issues from the perspective of a prostitute.[10] From March to June 2020, she was one of the diary writers for the Coronatagebuch column of the SZ-Magazin.[11] Since November 2020, she has been writing the column Nachtgesichter[12] in the Berliner Zeitung as Hanna Lakomy and and the portrait series Berlin.Exotherm since March 2021.[13]
She was described as 'Germany's most famous sex worker' in the Süddeutsche Zeitung in February 2020[14] and as 'Germany's most famous prostitute' by tip Berlin in April 2020.[15]
Lakomy lives in Berlin-Neukölln[2] and is in a relationship with the writer Florian Havemann,[16] with whom she wrote the novel Begabung usw in 2023.[17]
Controversies
editOn April 8, 2019, she appeared as Salomé Balthus on the Swiss talk show Schawinski, the result of which had consequences for both the Lakomy and the presenter Roger Schawinski. She was asked questions on the show about her childhood with her famous father. A clip of Alice Schwarzer was shown in which she stated that the majority of voluntary prostitutes had been sexually abused as children. Schawinski then asked Lakomy whether she had also been sexually abused as a child.[18] Lakomy misrepresented Schawinski's question in her next column in the Welt as 'Did your father sexually abuse you?' Schawinski described the quote as 'a serious defamation of my person and my integrity as a journalist'.[19] Welt editor-in-chief Ulf Poschardt then ended Lakomy's column and apologized to Schawinski, which led to a public controversy in German and Swiss media, also in the context of the #MeToo movement.[20][21] According to Lakomy, Don Alphonso announced that she would continue her work for the Welt as co-author of his blog column Stützen der Gesellschaft (Supporting Society).[22]
In December 2019, Lakomy announced that she would file a lawsuit against the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Swiss Die Weltwoche, Roger Köppel, for violation of personal rights. The journalist Roman Zeller had booked an escort date with her at the end of 2019 and published a portrait of her in the Weltwoche on the basis of this. According to Lakomy, the publication was against her will and contained numerous unauthorized quotations.[23] By mid-February 2020, she had raised 15,000 Swiss francs for the legal costs through crowdfunding.[24] After a settlement negotiation failed on February 20, 2020, she filed a lawsuit against the Weltwoche[25] which is ongoing.[26]
References
edit- ^ "Hanna Lakomy: Lebenslauf, Bücher und Rezensionen bei LovelyBooks" [Hanna Lakomy: CV, books and reviews at LovelyBooks]. LovelyBooks (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Salomé Balthus". Wir sind der Osten (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Reinhard Lakomy & Monika Ehrhardt – Der Wasserkristall". Discogs. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Zitty (in German). Zitty Verlag GmbH. 2001. p. 185.
- ^ Klara Lakomy (in German) "Freunde: Romanauszug" ["Friends: Novel excerpt"], in: Edit: Papier für neue Texte. 2008, 47, pp. 32–34
- ^ Lakomy, Klara (December 2005). "»Um beschreibend zu verändern« Über die Integrität von Werk und Lebenshaltung am Beispiel Anna Seghers" [“To change descriptively” About the integrity of work and attitude to life using Anna Seghers as an example] (PDF). UTOPIE Kreativ (in German): 1059–1072.
- ^ Gauto, Anna; Tuma, Thomas (23 May 2019). "Ich habe nur noch sehr selten Gratis-Sex" – Gespräch mit einer Edelprostituierten" [I rarely have free sex anymore” – conversation with a high-class prostitute]. www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Thorwarth, Katja (23 May 2020). "Salomé Balthus: "Wie kann man Feministin sein, ohne mit Huren zu sympathisieren?"" [Salomé Balthus: “How can you be a feminist without sympathizing with whores?”]. www.fr.de (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Hetaera Berlin UG". Hetaera Berlin. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Das Kanarienvögelchen - Nachrichten, aktuelle Informationen und News" [The Canary - News, current information and news]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Coronatagebuch: Menschen über ihr Leben im Ausnahmezustand" [Corona diary: People about their lives in a state of emergency]. SZ Magazin (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Salomé Balthus heisst jetzt Hanna Lakomy und hat wieder eine Kolumne" [Salomé Balthus is now called Hanna Lakomy and has a column again]. Klein Report (in German). 16 November 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Hanna Lakomy". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Hampel, Lea; Radomsky, Stephan (21 February 2020). "Salomé Balthus über Prostitution und Dumpingpreise" [Salomé Balthus on prostitution and dumping prices]. Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Salomé Balthus: Deutschlands bekannteste Prostituierte über Sex und Krise" [Corona, sex and revolution: Germany's most famous prostitute Salomé Balthus in conversation]. tipBerlin (in German). 9 March 2020.
- ^ Hünninger, Andrea Hanna (4 July 2024). "Zwei Kinder des Osten - Escort-Service und DDR-Schickeria | Cicero Online" [Two children of the East - escort service and GDR chic | Cicero Online]. www.cicero.de (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Prostituierte aus Überzeugung – Salomé Balthus bei «Schawinski»" [Prostitute out of conviction – Salomé Balthus on “Schawinski”]. www.srf.ch (in German). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Suter, Miriam (18 April 2019). "Der Fall Chauvinski" [The Chauvinski case]. medienwoche.ch (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Meier, Simone (10 April 2019). "Schawinski, die Prostituierte und das mediale Old-Boys-Network" [Schawinski, the prostitute and the media old boys network]. watson.ch (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Stadler, Rainer (7 June 2019). "Balthus-Interview: Schawinski kämpft um seine Journalistenehre" [Balthus interview: Schawinski is fighting for his honour as a journalist]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Lakomy, Hanna (18 April 2023). "Hanna Lakomy: Meine Erfahrung mit dem Boys-Club-Netzwerk des Springer-Verlags" [Hanna Lakomy: My experience with Springer-Verlag's Boys Club network]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Medic, Martina E. (23 December 2019). "Salomé Balthus klagt gegen die «Weltwoche»" [Salomé Balthus sues “Weltwoche”]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Schweizer, Andrea (18 February 2024). "Salomé Balthus hat Geld für «Weltwoche»-Klage zusammen" [Salomé Balthus has collected money for the “Weltwoche” lawsuit]. blue News (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Zaslawski, Valerie (20 February 2020). "Nach Eklat um Artikel: Berliner Prostituierte Salomé Balthus reicht Klage gegen «Die Weltwoche» ein" [After the scandal surrounding the article: Berlin prostitute Salomé Balthus files a lawsuit against “Die Weltwoche”]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Weingärtner, Marcus (6 February 2024). "Hanna Lakomy und die Weltwoche: Ein Porträt wider Willen" [Hanna Lakomy and Weltwoche: A portrait against her will]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2024.
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