Beiträge
Book talk – yesterday and today/ Büchergespräche, gestern und heute
Veröffentlicht von Lena Gorelik | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
I was sitting on the sofa chatting to two friends about books – those I’ve read and forgotten, and those I have to read and forget; about phrases that would stand the test of time, and stories that ...
Wrong and right – right or wrong?/ Falsch und richtig – richtig oder falsch? (1)
Veröffentlicht von Anna Kim | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, The Migrants
On 5 July the following article appeared in all German-speaking newspapers:
Digital Horizons II. – Online Popularization of Poetry, Part 2
Veröffentlicht von László Szabolcs | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
The second project is called “InstaVers,” and it is an Instagram-inspired initiative which aims to present and popularize contemporary poetic texts on the internet through social media.
Digital Horizons II. – Online Popularization of Poetry, Part 1
Veröffentlicht von László Szabolcs | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
Poetry doesn’t sell too well nowadays. Perhaps it never did, really. Nonetheless, in the last two hundred years it was a highly popular cultural phenomenon, both for the elite and increasingly for ...
Beautiful Book Award/ Auszeichnung für schönste Bücher
Veröffentlicht von Beat Mazenauer | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
Every year in various European countries beautiful books are nominated for an annual award.
An important discussion in Hungary: Novels on Holocaust, Part 1
Veröffentlicht von Ágnes Orzóy | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
More than political speeches and formal acts, literature has an important role in sensitizing people to the suffering of others. Rather than doing that, however, the abundance of tear-jerker movies, ...
An important discussion in Hungary: Novels on Holocaust, Part 2
Veröffentlicht von Ágnes Orzóy | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
Published in English in 1989 by Macmillan, János Nyíri’s Battlefields and Playgrounds immediately became a success in the UK. However, this book is all but unknown in Hungary.
The consequence of history: European poetry as representation of the modern nation
Veröffentlicht von Steven J. Fowler | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
Every nation’s literature contains within it multiplicities. Not only are definitions of these traditions based on approximations, that which has been recorded, assigned, that which has had the ...
Provided they still exist, will tomorrow’s libraries resemble Apple Stores? / Si elles existent encore, les bibliothèques du futur ressembleront-elles à des Apple Stores?
Veröffentlicht von Jacques Pezet | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Innovations in the Digital Field
What are the libraries of tomorrow going to look like? Last month, during a dinner, I debated the question with Michael, an architecture student at Gothenburg University.
Rainald Goetz: Reactions to the Georg Büchner Prize/ Reaktionen auf den Georg-Büchner-Preis
Veröffentlicht von Rainer Moritz | Permalink | abgelegt unter: 2015, Trends in European Contemporary Literature
German-speaking countries have no shortage of literature prizes and scholarships. When sales trends for non-mainstream literature are falling, not rising, such awards are an increasingly important ...
