The Goethe institute is celebrating its 60th birthday and we're joining in, reflecting on the work of the most important promoter of the German culture in the world. For the second part of our series ...
Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929 – 2022) is regarded as one of the most important German-language poets of the 20th century. A portrait of him, as penned by his translator. “Poetry is, in my view at ...
That Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the greatest poet Germany ever produced, was at one time interested in the Yiddish language is not commonly known. This is of peculiar interest in the light of the ...
Who: Dr Asma Diakite, 43, has been the director of Goethe-Institut Singapore since November 2024. She previously directed the cultural department of Goethe-Institut South Africa and coordinated the ...
Don’t let anyone tell you different: Back in the day, Johann Wolfgang Goethe knew how to party. Ambitious to become a poet, he had the sensibility of a rock star. He disdained tradition, took drugs, ...