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Mar 29, 2024 · The opening sentence of The Metamorphosis has become one of the most famous in Western literature: “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” (Although Samsa has sometimes been described as a cockroach, the German word Ungeziefer does not refer to a particular bug.)
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5 days ago · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [a] (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day.
Mar 29, 2024 · Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (born March 15, 1830, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]—died April 2, 1914, Munich, Ger.) was a German writer and prominent member of the traditionalist Munich school who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1910.
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Apr 18, 2024 · Thor, deity common to all the early Germanic peoples, a great warrior represented as a red-bearded, middle-aged man of enormous strength, an implacable foe to the harmful race of giants but benevolent toward mankind. His figure was generally secondary to that of the god Odin, who in some traditions.
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3 days ago · The German Quarterly is a refereed journal that publishes articles on German studies, covering all aspects and periods of German-language literature & culture.
Apr 12, 2024 · The collection supports the research and teaching needs of its primary audience, faculty and students in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, as well as faculty and students in other programs focusing on German literature and culture, especially Art History, Comparative Literature, Film & Media Studies, History ...
Apr 18, 2024 · 17 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the second highest number of any of the Nobel Prizes behind the Nobel Peace Prize. As of 2023, there have been 29 English-speaking laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature, followed by French with 16 laureates and German with 14 laureates. France has the highest number of Nobel laureates.
