“When I Left Cuba: Exploring Totalitarian Subjectivity and Exile in Testimonies and Memories”

“When I Left Cuba: Exploring Totalitarian Subjectivity and Exile in Testimonies and Memories”

In Archival malaise, a Freudian impression (1997), the philosopher Jacques Derrida reflects on the political implications of the archive as testimony and limit, memory and absence, exclusion and narrative of history. These are issues of great current relevance, especially in the context of totalitarian regimes such as state socialism. Access to some of the documentary … Read more

“The Circle of Spices: A Novel by Emirati Writer Salha Obaid”

“The Circle of Spices: A Novel by Emirati Writer Salha Obaid”

spice circle Issued to the author Emirati Salha Obaid Collections of stories, including the story “Alzheimer’s” in 2010, translated into German, and two other novels. She won many awards, including the Al Owais Award for Creativity for her story “A White Strand Implicitly” in 2016. About her meeting with the Arab public in London, she … Read more

“Test Your Knowledge about The Fates of the Good Soldier Švejk, a Famous Czech Literature Classic”

“Test Your Knowledge about The Fates of the Good Soldier Švejk, a Famous Czech Literature Classic”

“So they killed Ferdinand for us,” begins the humorous novel The Fates of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War. Its author, Jaroslav Hašek, was born on April 30, 1883. He wrote over 1,200 short stories in his lifetime, but he was most famous for Švejk. The book was illustrated by Josef Lada, the … Read more

Ministry of Culture inaugurates Cultural Space in the Villa Munichis Populated Center in Yurimaguas

Ministry of Culture inaugurates Cultural Space in the Villa Munichis Populated Center in Yurimaguas

The Ministry of Culture, within the framework of International Book and Copyright Day, which is celebrated every April 23, inaugurated the Cultural Space, called “Munichis, sowing culture”, in the Villa Munichis Populated Center, in the district from Yurimaguas, province of Alto Amazonas, in the Loreto region. The mayor of Villa Munichis, Ronald Tangoa, and representatives … Read more

Miloš Doležal’s Poetic Tribute to His Late Wife Wins Book of the Year Award

Miloš Doležal’s Poetic Tribute to His Late Wife Wins Book of the Year Award

Poet Miloš Doležal’s wife felt sick from second to second. She had time to drink and note her headache before her husband heard a bang from the next room. He even raised her from fainting. Shortly afterwards, “a helicopter takes away a body with a purple soul” from the solitude of Vysočina. Glass rattles. The … Read more

German Shakespeare Prize for Birgit Minichmayr

German Shakespeare Prize for Birgit Minichmayr

Created on April 15, 2023 | 15:33 Reading time: 2 mins Award given for the first time Photo: APA/dpa Dhe Austrian actress and singer Birgit Minichmayr is honored with the Shakespeare Prize of the German Shakespeare Foundation. The German Shakespeare Society announced that the award will be presented on April 23 in Weimar. The award … Read more

The “Book War” – Conservative Censorship and the Battle for Children’s Education

The “Book War” – Conservative Censorship and the Battle for Children’s Education

A tiny rural county of just over 20,000 people north of Austin, Texas has become an iconic battleground in a “book war” conservatives are waging against what they call the indoctrination of children by liberals. Llano County must decide, Thursday, April 13, the fate of the three libraries in the region. The authorities, which lean … Read more