Tag: Frankfurt book fair
Debate about Adania Shibli’s novel “A Minor Matter” – Culture
Before accusations of anti-Semitism were made in Germany against the novel “A Minor Matter” by the Palestinian author Adania Shibli, he had already had a certain career behind him. It…
Slovenian poetry: anthology “My Neighbor on the Cloud”. – Culture
In the first poem of this volume, the speaker develops a small portrait of the city in which he lives. We are in Ljubljana, probably in the 1960s. The man…
The Frankfurt Book Fair in the shadow of the Middle East conflict – Culture
Hamas’ terrorist attacks will also concern the Frankfurt Book Fair, which begins in a week, and where Arab publishers and authors will of course also be presenting books. And despite…
What you need to know about Italy: The Italian Literature Festival – Munich
The chronicle of an exorcism, a young woman who dares to enter a male domain against all odds, a father who kills his children because he cannot feed them, a…
Leipzig Book Fair: Indestructibly warm
Impressions of the Leipzig Book Fair, where after a three-year break everything seems to be remarkably friendly. Or was everything taken for granted in the past? source site
Leipzig Book Fair Prize: The Nominees – Culture
Twelve years ago, Clemens Setz won the Leipzig Book Fair prize once before, and now the Austrian has been nominated again for his novel Monde vor der Landing. A total…
Peace Prize for Serhij Zhadan: The Forgotten Turn of the Age – Culture
Told in her recently published volume of essays the Ukrainian author Tanya Malyarchuk at a point that will run across Vienna Central Station in 2022. The hall is filled with…
German youth literature prize for Kirsten Boie, Benedict Wells – culture
The journalist, author and founder of the International Youth Library in Munich, Jella Leppman, formulated more than 60 years ago that children’s books and children themselves are good ambassadors of…
Awareness team at the Frankfurt Book Fair – Culture
Of Marie Schmidt Some already knew what it would look like: “Like sniveling kindergarten children,” it said before the opening of the book fair in the Schweizer world week, visitors…