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CurrentWriting

  1. Felicitas Hoppe awarded Georg-Büchner-Preis: Considered Germany's most prestigious literary honor, the Georg-Bü... bit.ly/Kl9bTy
  2. The Berlin Trilogy: A Beautiful Ugly City: Reading 05/24/2012 6:30pm Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews New ... bit.ly/LcJgOy
  3. Burton Pike Wins Wolff Translator's Prize: Burton Pike becomes the 16th translator from German to English to win... bit.ly/KumP53
  4. American Academy honors two translators: The American Academy of Arts and Letters yesterday honored poets and tr... bit.ly/JXfb4H
  5. The Neverending Story for Young Readers: Discussion 05/22/2012 7:30 PM Greenlight Bookstore 686 Fulton Street Br... bit.ly/Kc7lmL
  6. Staged Reading of Dea Loher’s Bluebeard: Staged Reading 5/21/12 7:30pm Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building 5 East 3... bit.ly/JBw5pX
  7. Aporia Theater presents Woyzeck: Performance 05/17 - 5-27/2012 Th – Su 8:00pm Sat 8:00pm & 10:00pm Access Theate... bit.ly/J5e59k
  8. Herta Müller at the Library of Congress: Reading 05/15/2012 6:30-9:00pm Library of Congress Montpelier Rm, 6th F... bit.ly/LZGf6k
  9. Herta Müller in Boston: 05/11/12 7:00pm Goethe-Institut Boston 170 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02116 In German, wit... bit.ly/LQol5N
  10. Baby's in Black at Deutsches Haus NYU: Reading 05/11/12 6:30pm Deutsches Haus at NYU 42 Washington Mews New York... bit.ly/L2Ux2Q
  11. Herta Müller in Chicago: Reading and Talk 05/09/12 6:00 pm Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Chicago, IL... bit.ly/L8viyU
  12. Film on W.G. Sebald opens in New York: Film 05/09/12 - 05/15/12Film Forum 209 West Houston St. New York, NY 1001... bit.ly/JTC7RB
  13. Herta Müller talks with Claire Messud: Conversation/Reading 05/04/201292nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center 139... bit.ly/JKMrPA
  14. Herta Müller at Deutsches Haus NYU: Reading 05/03/12 3:00pm Deutsches Haus at NYU 42 Washington Mews New York, N... bit.ly/K0L2TO
  15. Ghosts in Princeton: a play by Daniel Kehlmann: Dramatic Reading 05/01/12 6:00pmCenter for Jewish History Forchh... bit.ly/K5BP8t
  16. Cartoonist Nicolas Mahler at ACF: Conversation 04/26/12 6:30pm Austrian Cultural Forum 11 East 52nd Street New Y... bit.ly/J3J2K4
  17. Judith Hermann's Alice an IFFP finalist: The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, with its £10,000 award that is ... bit.ly/IHEJnJ
  18. Poetry titles nominated for Best Translated Book Award: Among the shortlist of nominees for the Best Translated... bit.ly/ILm7S8
  19. Spring 2012 New Books in German: We are very pleased to announce that the Spring 2012 issue of New Books in Germ... bit.ly/Is8XHK
  20. Young writers collaborative makes debut: Reading 04/12/12 7:00pm Deutsches Haus Columbia University 420 W. 116th... bit.ly/IaEVeQ