This is what makes the German Literature Institute Leipzig so special
Ulrike Draesner as the first woman to hold the chair at the DLL A lot has changed over the past 25 years. On the one hand formal: While the students …
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Colette, a legacy of modernity
Texts that have not aged a bit: begun at the beginning of the 20th century, Colette’s novels, marked by heroines in search of emancipation, resonate “more than ever with our …
The absolute waltz | SA | 01/14/2023 | 8:15
January 14, 2023, 08:15 Playlist Composer: Paul Hindemith/1895 – 1963Lyricist, text source: Marcellus Schiffer/1892 – 1932Overall title: NEWS OF THE DAY, funny opera in 3 parts / complete recording / …
Alexei Tolstoy was born 140 years ago
Today is the 140th anniversary of the birth of Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy. His emigration from revolutionary Russia and his return became the basis of the trilogy “Walking Through the Torments”. …
American novelist Russell Banks dies at 82 of cancer
The writer Russell Banks. On the right, frame from the film El dulce porvenir, an adaptation of one of his novels. With a reputation as an outsider, this emeritus professor …
Manuel Vilas wins the Nadal Prize with a novel about love and loneliness
KIKE RINCÓN – EUROPA PRESS | EUROPAPRESS With “Nosotros”, he continues in the vital line that he opened after “Ordesa” and wins the award three years after his partner, Ana …
Miguel Hernández becomes everyone’s and for everyone’s; his works are already in the public domain | News from Mexico
Will this lightning that inhabits me not cease / the heart of exasperated beasts / and of angry forges and blacksmiths / where the freshest metal withers? These verses of …
Crash course in jazz piano: Christian Sands | MON | 02 01 2023 | 19:30
January 2, 2023, 7:30 p.m Christian Sands, who comes from New Haven, Connecticut, is considered a rising star in the firmament of contemporary jazz pianists: the 33-year-old accompanied singer Gregory …
Patti Smith: Happy birthday! celebrate him with five of his best books
The American singer, visual artist and writer Patti Smith, also known as “the godmother of punk”, was born on a day like today 76 years ago, in the United States; …
The best gift in the world for a traveler: when guide books become works of art
Updated Saturday, December 31, 2022 – 00:52 The illustrated books of the Tintablanca publishing house emulate the style of the romantic travelers of the 19th century through their volumes of …