Tag: literary
Literature: Literary reckoning after attempted murder: Rushdie’s “Knife”
literature Literary reckoning after attempted murder: Rushdie’s “Knife” Salman Rushdie narrowly escaped with his life after a knife attack. Now he strikes back with the sharpest weapon he has as…
Literary historian Jürgen Serke dies at the age of 86 – culture
On the death of the literary historian and journalist Jürgen Serke, who had the gift of elevating the dead to the status of contemporaries. In the spring of 1968, Jürgen…
Queen Camilla: She’s celebrating a literary evening – with the “Crown” star
Queen Camilla She’s celebrating a literary evening – with the “Crown” star Queen Camilla (left) next to “The Crown” star Helena Bonham Carter at Clarence House. © getty/YUI MOK /…
Literary program "Longreads" in the ARD media library: Thinking helps
Smart TV: How the new literary show “Longreads” with Helene Hegemann manages to create something so beautiful in the middle of Berlin that it almost looks like Paris. source site
Great Britain: Prince Harry’s autobiography nominated for literary prize
Great Britain Prince Harry’s autobiography nominated for literary prize Prince Harry has a chance at two British Book Awards. photo © Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa Prince Harry has landed a bestseller with…
Culture in Munich: The literary highlights in February 2024 – Munich
February offers numerous moving and sometimes highly political readings and discussions in the Literaturhaus, the Lyrik Kabinett and many other places. The spectrum ranges from the poet Selma Merbaum to…
The city’s literary memory: "She knew who needed what"
Christine Hannig was a librarian at the Monacensia for 40 years, helping historians and authors with their research. Now she has retired and takes with her an enormous amount of…
Outlook: What the literary spring promises
Readers can look forward to some highlights in 2024. These include new works by Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, Isabel Allende and John Grisham. Salman Rushdie deals with the knife attack…
Children in literary history: innocent by any means
The exhibition “Enfants Terribles” in Zurich explores the figure of the bad child. source site
“The Little Prince”, Annie Ernaux, Flaubert… Why are these literary classics translated into Creole?
If I tell you Zouk la sé sèl médikaman nou ni, do you answer me? Yes, Kassav’. The interplanetary hit is one of the flagship pieces of the famous West…