Germany

Destination: Berlin

October 10, 2016 | Jacob Coleman

“The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.” – Agnes Obel Berlin is a city that has been divided, unified, and everything in between....
Schedule of Events for the 2015 Neustadt Festival Announced

September 2, 2015 | WLT

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Coming of Age in a Timeless Era: An Interview with Isabel Fargo Cole

September 1, 2015 | Andrea Bryant

Isabel Cole In October 2015 Two Lines Press will publish The Sleep of the Righteous, Isabel Fargo Cole’s translation of Der Schlaf der Gerechten, by Wolfgang H...
Coming

August 19, 2015 | Wolfgang Hilbig

Set in an old house in provincial East Germany, “Coming” begins with a boy’s memories of the ghastly suicidal wails of the women who lived in his neighborhood. Trying to escape these painful cries...
Günter Grass’s Century

April 14, 2015 | Theodore Ziolkowski

Photo: H. Grunert / www.nobelprize.org. The Winter 2000 issue of WLT featured “To Be Continued . . .”, the English translation of...
A Tribute to Günter Grass (1927–2015)

April 14, 2015 | Theodore Ziolkowski

Photo: H. Grunert / www.nobelprize.org When it was announced on Monday that Nobel laureate Günter Grass had passed away in Lübeck, Germany, at the age of eighty-seven, we asked...
HarperCollins Germany, weird and wonderful libraries, and more

October 17, 2014 | Kaitlin Hawkins

News, Reviews, and Interviews Join us in congratulating Patrick Modiano for winning this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature! Last week, publishing giant HarperCollins announced a new v...
Standing up for digital rights, transmedia in Germany, and random acts of literary kindness

December 20, 2013 | Kaitlin Hawkins

This week, we published a special interview with Deji Olukotun, the inaugural PEN Freedom to Write Fellow, and one of the nine Neustadt 2013 jurors. In the interview (linked below), Deji spoke about c...
Goodbye to Nelson Mandela, Alice Munro’s Nobel interview, and a 3D printed book cover

December 13, 2013 | Kaitlin Hawkins

This week, we said goodbye to a towering worldwide figure: Nelson Mandela. As a champion of peace, equality, and worldwide education, he touched the lives of many people around the world. A heartfelt...
Born into languages, hotel libraries, and the world’s smallest book

August 16, 2013

This week’s news seemed to arrive in doubles—two new pieces on Haruki Murakami, two new pieces on the roles of public libraries, and two new pieces about the upcoming Neustadt/NSK Festival in October....
Landays in Afghanistan, German’s longest word, and the Gezi Park library

June 7, 2013 | Kaitlin Hawkins

This week’s links take us around the world to see poetry in Afghanistan, a new library amid the protests in Turkey, and the longest word in German language history finally being retired. Enjoy!...