
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
2 FOLLOWERS
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
3w ago
Cemile Sahin is a visual artist and writer who came to London in January 2025 to promote the English translation ..read more
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
2M ago
Last month I was lucky enough to attend the award ceremony for the 2024 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation ..read more
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
3M ago
Martine Hefter’s novel, Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir? (‘Hey, Good Morning, How Are You?’), has just won Germany’s ..read more
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
4M ago
This month I attended two of the most entertaining German Embassy London events I have ever been to, marking 35 ..read more
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
5M ago
Following my previous blog post, which featured a cloth book for babies from one of Germany’s foremost publishers of literature ..read more
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
7M ago
My forays into German literature have been fewer and farther between since the birth of my youngest daughter, four months ago. I have been pleased to be able to introduce her to the delights of German-language children’s literature already, however, with the beautiful cloth book given to me by a colleague from the German children’s and YA publisher, Arena Verlag, at the Frankfurt Book Fair last year. Mein kleiner Bär / ‘My Little Bear’ is baby Olivia’s first book and one of her very favourite toys.
It has been a delight to see her older siblings reading the German text to her, largely un ..read more
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
11M ago
Granta magazine’s ‘Deutschland’ issue is an absolute treat for Germanophiles. Editor Thomas Meaney’s introduction considers the state of play in German literature since the Second World War, as well as Germany’s contemporary political landscape. He notes the pre-eminence of post-war German cinema in claiming the avant-garde artistic limelight, as well as the tendency for German-language literature from outside Germany – from Austria, Switzerland, and Romania – to offer a more thorough critical interrogation of post-war German culture and society than domestic literature. Meaney suggests that w ..read more
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
1y ago
After a baptism of fire at my first Frankfurt Book Fair – Europe’s biggest trade fair for books – a few weeks previously, Vienna’s book fair-cum-literary festival, ‘Buch Wien’, from 8-12 November 2023, was a much cosier affair. True to Austrian form, the vibe was friendly and welcoming, with the entire book fair housed within a single hall at Vienna’s conference centre. Unlike Frankfurt, where visitors have to factor in the time needed to traverse multiple corridors and conference halls to ensure prompt attendance at events and meetings, none of the stands and stages in Vienna are more than a ..read more
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
1y ago
Sheridan Marshall: Christine, can you start by telling us about how all the diverse elements of your career – as an author, literary agent, and translator – fit together?
Christine Koschmieder: First of all, they don’t! And this is why I am in the process of quitting agenting. I started out studying theatre studies, and saw myself as belonging to this cultural landscape. Then I started to focus on post-Yugoslav nations, because I was so fed up of central European analysts – usually white men – explaining the Balkans. I wanted to hear from people from the original Yugoslav countries talking abo ..read more
European Literature Network » Die Germanistin
1y ago
I started learning German at school at the age of thirteen, and chose to study it at A-level because it seemed like most other people were taking French, and I wanted to do something different. Our A-level syllabus included a lot of German literature, and from that point I was hooked. Set texts by Bertolt Brecht and Heinrich Böll were the gateway into a rich literary world which I will always inhabit.
I studied English Literature and German at UCL, followed by an MPhil in European Literature at Christ’s College, Cambridge, and a PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London, examining literary r ..read more