Among contemporary German authors, one stands out who for years has been able to operate in various forms of expression and does not fit into any category: Thomas Kapielski....
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Russian author Arkady Babchenko rose to international fame with the remorseless description of the Chechen conflict in his autobiographical novel "The Colour of War". Babchenko was also the millitary correspondent for the Novaya Gazeta during the recent Russian military operation in South Ossetia. Jörg Plath met up with him in Berlin.
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Aka Morchiladze is a celebrity in Georgia and little more than an unpronouncable name beyond. That may change with "Santa Esperenza." His first book available in translation is the tragic, crazy, multi-coloured chronicle of a fantasy archipelago. Sonja Zekri pays a visit to the author in Tiflis.
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