Germany
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October 10, 2016 |
“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.... -
September 2, 2015 |
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September 1, 2015 |
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... -
August 19, 2015 |
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... -
April 14, 2015 |
Photo: H. Grunert / www.nobelprize.org. The Winter 2000 issue of WLT featured “To Be Continued . . .”, the English translation of... -
April 14, 2015 |
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... -
October 17, 2014 |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...
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December 20, 2013 |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...
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December 13, 2013 |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...
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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....
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June 7, 2013 |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!...
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