A bit about German Writers

Ulrike Draesner / Foto: Dominik Butzmann

I have a few German blog friends, so I thought to write a bit about the German books I have read recently, I'm especially interested in contemporary writers. Have had my book blog Kirja vieköön! for two years now. During this time I have read 9 books of German writers:

Nele Neuhaus - Tiefe Wunden
This book I read in Spanish, in Finnish there are available 2 books of this Bodenstein & Kirchoff series.
Andrea Maria Schenkel - Bunker, Kalteis & Tannöd
Ralf Rothmann - Im Frühling sterben
Nina George - Das Lavendelzimmer
Stefan Moster - Die Unmöglichkeit des vierhändigen Spiels, Lieben sich zwei & Die Frau des Botschafters

If you have any tips to give me about some contemporary German writers, I would be thankful! 

Then I'll tell you what happened to me at The Helsinki Book Fair. I made a mistake and went to listen to a German program! My German allows me to read fluently but to listen and write are difficult. That was a program of Goethe Institute. The aim of the institute is to promote the German language in Finland.

Kathrin Schmidt, Foto: Gunter Glücklich

There were these two lovely German lady writers discussing & reading their texts: Ulrike Draesner and Kathrin Schmidt. Their texts can be read at Goethe Institute's site both in German and in Finnish. These writers are spending four weeks in Finland as the institute's guest writers. I find this so interesting! From Schmidt my library has the Finnish translation of Du stirbst nicht and then I found this in Finnish: Mit den Worten des Anderen : finnisch-deutsche Lyrikanthologie, where there are texts of these both writers. I reserved the books at the library and shall tell you later what I thought about them.

This is fun!

The world of literature connects people from different countries. Finland was the theme country at The Frankfurt Book Fair in 2014. There are many modern Finnish writers that have been translated into German. One of my favourites is Sofi Oksanen. Between 2015 and 2017 there has been 69 books translated and published in Germany- this is a pretty good figure! If somebody is interested, here is the link. On the list there are contemporary writers with their recently published books, as well as older books. Then I found online this German  bookstore with book covers. Take a peak!

Sofi Oksanen
Foto: Magnus Fröderberg

Salla Simukka

So schwarz wie Ebenholz, 2015

So weiß wie Schnee, 2015

Sofi Oksanen ❤︎ 
* Die Sache mit Norma, 2017

* Als die Tauben   verschwanden, 2014
* Stalins Kühe, 2012
* Fegefeuer, 2010

Pauliina Susi - Das Fenster, 2017

Selja Ahava ❤︎
* Der Tag, an dem ein Wal durch London schwamm, 2014

* Dinge, die vom Himmel fallen, 2017

Reading gives me happy experiences every day!