Germany’s Cinematic Output Lights Up Industry’s Gloomy Atmosphere
Tom Tykwer's latest leads a crop of new pics hitting theaters this year amid a dismal industry outlook and a delayed film ...
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The Intricate Connection of Birdsongs to Human Language
In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...
Angela Merkel Is Retired. But She’s Still on the Ballot.
If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...
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Hanser Verlag announces 'pioneering' deal to supply English-language edition of TC Boyle novel in Europe
Apart from releasing the next novel by bestselling TC Boyle in the German translation, Hanser will also publish an exclusive ...
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Deep tradition surrounds the annual Groundhog Day tradition
It's also known as a woodchuck, a whistle pig — or in the parlance of Pennsylvania Dutch, a language with German roots ...
Beneath the surface, Groundhog Day’s deep roots predate Punxsutawney Phil
Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2, but celebrating the ...
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Kolkata Book Fair spotlights Germany's literary diversity
Seagull has published a series of German-language books in English, especially works by contemporary authors. But perhaps this could be starting to change. Philipp Ackermann, the German ambassador ...
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Kolkata Book Fair spotlights Germany's literary diversity
which published two of her books in English translation. Seagull has published a series of German-language books in English, especially works by contemporary authors. But perhaps this could be ...
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Valda Salmiņa: ‘I Lived with Narekatsi’s Texts for 15 Years’
Latvian translator Valda Salmiņa (born in 1962) earned a bachelor’s degree in philology with a specialization in German ...
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The Scholars Who Deciphered the Ancient Greek Script Linear B
If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be ...
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Primary Source Databases
German Anti-Semitic Propaganda, 1909–1941 Comprises 170 German-language books and pamphlets which present antisemitism as an issue in politics, economics, religion, and education. Most of the writings ...