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Literature

Books and other forms of writing are fundamental ways we express ourselves. Literature is our way of preserving knowledge, and it can have both political and societal impacts.

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A symbolic image showing a bookshelf in the shape of a silhouette of a human head, filled with colorful book spines.

In this AI age, I still write my own articles

In this AI age, I still write my own articles

It seems ideal. A computer spits out a text, you do a bit of editing and you're done. But there are a few catches.
LiteratureJuly 3, 2024
Pakistani author Fainaana Farnaam recording a children's story for her YouTube channel

Pakistani author creates online Urdu content for children

Pakistani author creates online Urdu content for children

A Pakistani writer has embarked on an interesting and much-needed project — digitizing stories for children in Urdu.
CultureJune 27, 202401:50 min
A colorized photo of Franz Kafka.

Who was Franz Kafka and why is he more popular than ever?

Who was Franz Kafka and why is he more popular than ever?

Franz Kafka is one of the best-known German-language authors in the world, even though he has been dead for 100 years.
LiteratureMay 29, 2024
Franz Kafka in a black and white photo

Franz Kafka: Genius plagued by self-doubt

Franz Kafka: Genius plagued by self-doubt

Why does author Franz Kafka still fascinate readers around the world?
LiteratureMay 25, 202414:27 min
Jenny Erpenbeck sits against a background of bookshelves.

Booker winner Jenny Erpenbeck: An East German perspective

Booker winner Jenny Erpenbeck: An East German perspective

The winner of the International Booker Prize and tipped for a Nobel, Jenny Erpenbeck is relatively unknown in Germany.
LiteratureMay 22, 2024
A black-and-white image of Alice Munro sitting in an armchair

Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro dies aged 92

Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro dies aged 92

The first Canadian author to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Alice Munro, has died at the age of 92 in Ontario.
LiteratureMay 14, 2024
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Salman Rushdie: 'Writers have no armies'

After surviving a brutal knife attack, the Indian-British author is at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where DW met him.
LiteratureOctober 19, 2023
Author Drago Jancar. A man with a gray shirt and hair stares ahead.

Drago Jancar puts Slovenia on the literary map

As the Frankfurt Book Fair celebrates Slovenia, DW spoke to Drago Jancar about his new novel, and an unresolved past.
LiteratureOctober 18, 2023
A closeup of Herta Müller at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2014

Herta Müller: Master seamstress of words at 70

The Nobel laureate, pursued by Romania's communist secret police, dared to write what authorities didn't want written.
LiteratureAugust 17, 2023
People standing around a stand giving away 'Banned Books'

Barack Obama condemns 'profoundly misguided' book bans

In an open letter, former US President Barack Obama has criticized efforts to ban books from public school libraries.
LiteratureJuly 21, 2023
East German child's room in museum

GDR censorship: What East Germans were allowed to read

The East German regime nurtured an educated and well-read society — but literature was heavily censored.
LiteratureNovember 7, 2022
A person placing a book in a stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Frankfurt Book Fair to run without Iran

Iran won't attend the annual event, saying it has interfered in domestic affairs. Organizers have denied the accusation.
Human RightsOctober 18, 2022
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