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DW's list of German-language novels published since 1900 that have been translated into English is the first of its kind.
Without the internet, some fear that the world as we know it would collapse — and that chaos would be unleashed. In her book "Error 404," the Spanish science journalist Esther Paniagua explores our dependency on the Internet and the dark side of cyberspace.
Ukrainian writer Tanja Maljartschuk is the recipient of the 2022 Usedom Literature Prize. The fighting in her home country has left her unable to write. She tells Arts 21 why the war has silenced her.
Elvira Sastre is considered the preeminent voice of contemporary poetry and fiction in her native Spain. She belongs to a new generation of young Spaniards who are confronting the suppressed traumas of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship.
Lyudmila Ulitskaya is one of Russia's most important literary voices—and a courageous critic of the regime. She’s been living in exile in Berlin since mid-March. The war, she says, could poison Ukrainian-Russian relations for decades to come.
DW looks at the winners and the debates surrounding the German Book Prize.
Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk, Japan's Mieko Kawakami are among the novelists on the International Booker Prize shortlist, which features a Hindi novel for the first time.
The internationally acclaimed writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya speaks about how the fighting in Ukraine will ruin Russia-Ukraine ties for several generations.
A year after they were relegated, Schalke booked their return to the Bundesliga with a win over St. Pauli on Saturday. True to form, it was not straighforward for the Royal Blues with drama on and off the pitch.
RB Leipzig's Europa League campaign crashed in Glasgow as Rangers won 3-1 to book their ticket to the final in Seville. For Leipzig coach Domenico Tedesco, it was another night to forget in a season going south.
Two years after his death, Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona is still making the record books. The shirt he was wearing when he scored one of soccer's most memorable goals at the 1986 World Cup has sold at auction for a record $9.3 million.
A Japanese woman believed to be the oldest in the world has died at the age of 119. Kane Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903, and saw the reigns of five Japanese emperors.
Violence and repression impacts writers physically and mentally. But it also inspires some to turn trauma into words. On World Book Day, DW presents authors from Ukraine, Belarus and Iraq writing through hardship.
Freiburg continued their remarkable season with a 3-1 win over Hamburg, to book their ticket to Berlin. The prematch talk was of Nico Schlotterbeck's move to Borussia Dortmund but this was another triumph of teamwork.
Wolfsburg booked their spot in the German Cup final with a convincing 3-1 win on Sunday. The victory comes soon after a pivotal league win for the Wolves over Bayern and before Friday's big Champions League clash.
An 85-year-old retired German shoemaker has penned a crime novel, 'Village of the Dolls,' and wants to use royalties from the book to support a village in Pakistan where women make dolls by hand.
Jürgen Klopp will renew his rivalry with Pep Guardiola on Saturday. It will be another stern test for Liverpool's quadruple-winning credentials after they booked their ticket to the Champions League semifinals.
For decades, Africa has been seen as a continent without written history. But Dr. Abdel Kader Haidara is preserving ancient writings by African scholars who studied at the University of Timbuktu. They will soon be accessible by smartphone.
"There's no other way to read it," says military strategy analyst Frank Ledwidge. He also told DW he fears this will be a long war: "Russian political determination seems to be undimmed, and that's going to back up the Russian offensive for a long time to come."
Believed to have been stolen, the manuscripts worth millions went missing two decades ago. They were now returned in a gift bag with an Easter greeting to the librarian.
