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Eloquent - Literature Prize for Mikhail Shishkin June 26, 2011 A language powerhouse with the stuff of greatness - that’s how critics are raving at Russian writer Mikhail Shishkin. His novel Maiden Hair is a key work of contemporary Russian literature.Now, together with his German translator Andreas Tretner, he's receiving the International ...

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Untapped Talent - Berlin’s Young Artists June 12, 2011 "Based in Berlin. Emerging Artists": It sounds like an advertising slogan and was indeed dreamt up by the Berlin marketing bureau.The 6000 international artists who currently live and work in the German capital were invited to submit work for a show that would feature creations by 80 unknown ...

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Kunst in Krisenzeiten - Was Künstler aus dem Umbruch machen June 05, 2011 Kunst in Zeiten der Krise: Viele Künstler sind aus Ländern angereist, die Katastrophen durchgemacht haben oder mitten im Umbruch stecken. Wie sieht es aus, wenn sich die Wirklichkeit in der Kunst spiegelt?

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Bühne nah am Leben - Shermin Langhoff wirbelt den Theaterbetrieb auf May 01, 2011 Ihr Imperium: das Berliner Ballhaus Naunynstraße. Hier hat Shermin Langhoff ihr Theater etabliert, das Raum schafft für neue deutsch-türkische Erzählungen. Langhoff, seit 2008 die künstlerische Leiterin, bringt Geschichten der zweiten und dritten Migrantengeneration auf die Bühne - jenseits von ...

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Cry for Help - A museum in Naples requests asylum in Germany May 01, 2011 Antonio Manfredi is director of the Contemporary Art Museum of Casoria, a 20-minute train ride from Naples.Mafia threats and a lack of funds could force his museum to close, so Manfredi has turned to Angela Merkel’s Chancellery in Berlin requesting asylum for his entire museum.