Tag: Austria
Sense of an Ending ? – an interview with Norbert Gstrein
/ Eleanor Updegraff
Eleanor Updegraff interviews award- winning Austrian author Norbert Gstrein. In this wide-ranging interview, they discuss morality in narrators, writing from a sense of being an outsider, and which authors have had the greatest influence on his work.
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An interview with Tanja Paar
/ Sarah Hemens
Sarah Hemens interviews Austrian author Tanja Paar about publishing her book, The Trembling World, during a pandemic, about the current and historical events that inspired it, and about why English language readers will enjoy the book.
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Robert Menasse – The Capital
/ Jamie Bulloch
Translator Jamie Bulloch reflects on Robert Menasse’s timely novel about the European project, winner of the 2017 German Book Prize
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Mareike Fallwickl: From Literary Blogger to Author (and Back)
/ Mareike Fallwickl, Tilman Winterling, Rachel Ward
Until the publication of her acclaimed debut novel this year, Austrian author Mareike Fallwickl was known primarily for her book blog. Here, fellow blogger Tilman Winterling explores what happens when a blogger who ‘delights in hatchet jobs’ turns to print.
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Triangular Talks: An Interview with Jorghi Poll (Vienna)
/ Rebecca DeWald
By Rebecca Dewald
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Combating Cliché: An Interview with Daniel Kehlmann
Daniel Kehlmann is one of the most successful authors writing in German today, with his debut 'Measuring the World' an international bestseller. And humour is central to his writing. He talks to NBG about irony, cliché and the international media's shock at encountering a funny German novel.
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Take a Seat: An Interview with Sharon Dodua Otoo
Having won in the same year the great Austrian writer and poet would have turned 90, NBG talks to British author Sharon Dodua Otoo about receiving this year's Ingeborg Bachmann Prize.
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