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Christa Wolf in the Academy of the Arts, Berlin, 2008. © dpa/picture alliance

The GDR’s Moral Arbiter – Christa Wolf – has died (12/02/2011)

Whether Divided Heaven or Cassandra: her books are part and parcel of the canon of German literature. Christa Wolf died on 1 December, 2011 following a long illness. She was 82.More ...
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Fantasy in abundance and no finger-wagging – children’s author Cornelia Funke

Cornelia Funke tells stories of fairies and mud monsters, of adventurous girls, a gang of children in Venice – and her stories somewhere between fantasy and adventure are Germany’s most successful literary export at the moment.More ...

Bücher, über die man spricht   deutschenglishPolskičesky한국어

New books on the German market

Comics in German   deutschenglishespañolnederlandsdansknorsk日本語portuguêsfrancais

Infos on Comics in German, portraits of artists, suggested literature

eLibrary   deutschenglish

The eLibrary is the virtual library of the Goethe-Institut New York for the USA, a service that allows you to borrow digital media from the comfort of your home.

Literature for children and youth   deutschenglishespañol한국어عربي

German language literature for children and youth

Publishing in Exile   english

An exhibition of German-language literature in the U.S. in the 1940s

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Cornelia Funke reads from "Reckless"
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