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Web special 100 German Must-Reads: David Levitz (left) and Sabine Kieselbach (Copyright: DW)

Reading Matter? 100 German Must-Reads!

DW's list of German-language novels published since 1900 that have been translated into English is the first of its kind.  

Gottfried Keller at 200: An enduring literary legacy

Gottfried Keller schweizer Schriftsteller (picture-alliance/akg-images)

Revealing the suffering of the "bourgeois outsider," the Swiss poet and novelist is considered one of the 19th century's great European literati whose works are highly relevant today.  

Swiss writer Lukas Bärfuss wins prestigious Georg Büchner Prize

Schriftsteller Lukas Bärfuss (picture-alliance/dpa/telam/P. Ribas)

German's most esteemed literary prize has been awarded to the prodigious Swiss author, playright and essayist, who was praised for examining the "fundamental existential condition of modern life."  

Hard times for democracy, says historian Timothy Snyder

Deutschland Kultursymposium Weimar 2019 Timothy Snyder (Bernhard Ludewig)

Is liberal democracy at its end? How should we deal with the rise of populism fueled by fake news on the internet? Yale historian and world-renowned author Timothy Snyder discusses these burning issues with DW.  

'Promise me you'll shoot yourself': Nazi Germany's suicide wave

Allied soldiers read the newspaper announcing Hitler's death (picture alliance/Everett Collection)

With the Allies closing in and capitulation imminent, thousands of ordinary citizens in Nazi Germany killed themselves in a wave of mass suicides. Florian Huber's book on the taboo story is now available in English.  

Buchcover Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun book cover by Harper Collins (Harper Collins)

Cornelia Funke and Guillermo del Toro turn 'Pan's Labyrinth' into a novel

Both are masters of the fantasy genre. Now, the Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker and bestselling German author have collaborated on a literary adaptation of del Toro's acclaimed dark fantasy film "Pan's Labyrinth."  

Eric Carle's Children Books on Exhibit: The Very Hungry Caterpillar turns 50 (1977 Eric Carle)

The universe of beloved illustrator and author Eric Carle

Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" remains a children's classic 50 years after it was published. It's being celebrated with an exhibition at the Wilhelm Busch Museum for Caricature and Drawings in Hanover.  

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Gottfried Keller schweizer Schriftsteller

Gottfried Keller at 200: An enduring literary legacy

Revealing the suffering of the "bourgeois outsider," the Swiss poet and novelist is considered one of the 19th century's great European literati whose works are highly relevant today.
Bildergalerie Der Eiffelturm in Zahlen

Inside Europe: A spotlight on Paris' little attractions

If you've been to Paris, you've most likely visited the usual tourist hotspots: The Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe … it's the usual, tired old list of big attractions. But there's a lot more to Paris that it's big attractions: Its little attractions. Keith Walker speaks with author Emma Jacobs who has written a beautiful little book called "The Littler Museums of Paris."

Andrea Camilleri - Autor

Italian author Andrea Camilleri dies

The Sicilian writer penned the Inspector Montalbano best-sellers. The novels were later translated to the small screen, where they became a global popularity.
DW Meet the Germans | Rachel Stewart | Schrebergarten

Why the Germans love their allotment gardens

Urban oasis or stickler's paradise? Meet the Germans presenter Rachel Stewart takes a peek inside a German "garden colony" to talk nature, gnomes — and the all-important rule book.
Buchvorstellung Thilo Sarrazin

Germany's center-left SPD ousts anti-Islam writer

Thilo Sarrazin, 74, has said he will appeal the decision, and denies claims that his books are racist. SPD leadership has welcomed the decision, as they have tried three times to oust Sarrazin.
Africa Cup of Nations 2019 - Viertelfinale - Senegal gegen Benin | Jubel

Africa Cup of Nations 2019: Senegal and Nigeria reach semis

Senegal became the first side to book their place in the Africa Cup of Nations 2019 semifinals courtesy of a 1-0 win over Benin, while Nigeria overcame South Africa thanks to a last-gasp winner.
Bitcoin

Real Sci-Fi: Anarchists, tech utopians and digital cash

The story of cryptocurrency reads like science fiction - technology shaping the real world. Finn Brunton wrote the book.
Schriftsteller Lukas Bärfuss

Swiss writer Lukas Bärfuss wins prestigious Georg Büchner Prize

German's most esteemed literary prize has been awarded to the prodigious Swiss author, playright and essayist, who was praised for examining the "fundamental existential condition of modern life."

Bildkombo Buchcover

Summer reading: Environment books that changed the world

While Fridays for Future protests have spotlighted burning climate crisis issues, books that articulate our pressing environmental ills are also transforming popular consciousness about our precarious planet.

Paris 1945 Extrablatt Zeitung Hitler Dead

'Promise me you'll shoot yourself': Nazi Germany's suicide wave

With the Allies closing in and capitulation imminent, thousands of ordinary citizens in Nazi Germany killed themselves in a wave of mass suicides. Florian Huber's book on the taboo story is now available in English.
Buchcover Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun

Cornelia Funke and Guillermo del Toro turn 'Pan's Labyrinth' into a novel

Both are masters of the fantasy genre. Now, the Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker and bestselling German author have collaborated on a literary adaptation of del Toro's acclaimed dark fantasy film "Pan's Labyrinth."

Aufführung Eine Frau flieht vor einer Nachricht von David Grossman

German theater brings David Grossman novel to Israeli stage

How can a Frankfurt theater bring a deeply Israeli experience of war, trauma and violent loss to the stage in Tel Aviv? A German-language production of Grossman's "To the End of the Land" grappled with this challenge.