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Biased and unprofessional reports on German books, translation issues and life in Berlin

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Eye-Feasting Season

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Fans of German books! Tonight's the night you get to feast your eyes on beautiful, intelligent people! Start with my lovely friend Tess ...
Monday, 27 January 2014

Michelle Woods: Kafka Translated

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Franz Kafka is the most commonly listed writer in a study of online dating profiles , followed by Milan Kundera and Paolo Coelho. Kafka has ...
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Friday, 24 January 2014

German Crime Prize to Friedrich Ani

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The Germans love crime fiction. Probably every culture loves crime fiction, but the Germans love home-grown crime fiction with a passion . T...
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Thursday, 23 January 2014

Old New German Translation Award

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Remember the German Embassy Translation Award? Well, it's back, only now it's the Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation . Enter,...
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Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Actually, Some Thoughts on Biographies and Creative Writing Graduates

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I keep starting this piece and then deleting it again. Because it's blindingly obvious, but I'm going to say it anyway. It follows o...
Monday, 20 January 2014

On Demographics and German Writers

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Two newspaper articles have caused a storm in the German literary teacup over the past few days: one about the family backgrounds of creativ...
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Thursday, 16 January 2014

The German Essay

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I know very little about the German essay. However, I attended an event last week on "The State of the Essay", from which I glean...
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