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Feridun Zaimoglu‘s "Evangelio"

Writer Feridun Zaimoglu considers Luther a master of the German language. In his latest novel he depicts how Luther translated the New Testament into German while holed up at Wartburg Castle.

Writer Feridun Zaimoglu (picture-alliance/dpa/G. Fischer)

      

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