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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.
Tired of being the "grateful" immigrant, Ugandan-British writer Musa Okwonga left the UK to come to Berlin and explores his experience in a novel.
Born 100 years ago, the master of psychological thriller novels was as elusive as her characters; the depressive "misogynist lesbian" also loved snails.
"Temple of Refuge" illustrates Iraqi-Kurdish migrant Sartep Namiq's journey to Berlin. It was commissioned with the help of a unique organization.
In January 2011 in Cairo, 25,000 people demonstrated against President Hosni Mubarak. But the revolution failed, and their dreams of change didn’t become reality. In his new novel, writer Alaa al-Aswani looks to the past and the future.
DW looks at the winners and the debates surrounding the German Book Prize.
The Swiss novelist, playwright, thinker and painter is best known for his play, "The Visit," and for his dark satire.
Despite aiming to complete their project in 10 years, the Brothers Grimm died a century before the final volume of their work was published in 1961.
A new book has opened up a conversation in France about the sexual abuse of children within the family. The discussion of this taboo topic, usually shrouded in silence, was long overdue, says Luisa von Richthofen.
The publication of a book accusing a top academic of sexually assaulting his stepson has triggered a huge debate about incest and child abuse in France. Thousands of victims have shared their experiences.
The latest trove was found in 22 burial shafts at Saqqara, south of Cairo, and date back four millennia. The finds include a long papyrus Book-of-the-Dead roll said to guide the dead "through the underworld."
With his violent language, Donald Trump has divided the US. Can President-Elect Joe Biden heal those wounds? A communication expert weighs in.
A Paris auction house sold an original painting made for the 1936 Tintin comic book "The Blue Lotus." The small Herge artwork fetched more than €3 million.
Bayern Munich are already planning for life after David Alaba with the expected signing of Omar Richards. The highly rated left-back plays in the English second tier with Reading but is largely unknown, so who is he?
When entrepreneur Juliet Namujju realized COVID masks were preventing her hearing-impaired staff from lip-reading, she resolved to find another enterprising use for Uganda's mountains of plastic waste.
Khairi Saadallah has received a lifetime jail term after fatally stabbing three men in a Reading park last year. The judge deemed the killings a "terrorist act."
Ninety-six restored books give new insights into hidden Jewish cultural life in Italy during the Nazi occupation.
As Donald Trump supporters stormed the Congress in Washington DC on Wednesday, luminaries of film, music and literature weighed in on the political chaos.
China is widely regarded as a millennia-old nation-state, but this is a misconception, journalist Bill Hayton claims in his new book. He spoke to DW about the nation-building process in China.
