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SUNSET SONG: a Scottish Gift to German Readers

Regina Erich compares the original German translation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s A SCOTS QUAIR trilogy published in the GDR between 1970 & 1986, with its more recent republication in a unified Germany

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thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/12/su

The Bottle Imp · Sunset Song: A Scottish Gift to German Readers - The Bottle ImpScottish literature enjoys a wide international readership. Many Scottish authors, whether creators of classic novels or contemporary writers, have been translated into foreign languages. Germany is no exception to this. Walk into any German bookshop and you will find at least one book written by a Scot. Yet one great Scottish writer seemed to have […]
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Max Hertzberg

Even the German union recognises the problem. They've just published an article discussing whether scripts for TV films and series based in should be or can be written by West Germans.
(❤️ to @einwende for bringing this article to my attention)
mmm.verdi.de/beruf/fiktion-ueb

M - Menschen Machen Medien (ver.di) · Fiktion über Ostdeutschland - M - Menschen Machen Medien (ver.di)Viele Ostdeutsche beklagen, dass Filme und Serien nicht immer die tatsächliche Lebenswirklichkeit der Menschen im Osten wiedergeben. Denn ihre Geschichten werden oft von Leuten erzählt werden, die im Westen sozialisiert wurden. Dabei kommt es jedoch weniger darauf an, wer die Geschichten schreibt. Der Tonfall ist ausschlaggebend. Ist es unangemessen, wenn ein westdeutscher Autor Drehbücher über […]
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Max Hertzberg

The consistent ignorance shown by West Germans to the history and the culture of East Germany is nothing new, but is itself almost universally ignored and denied.

All the more refreshing to see Carolin Würfel write on this theme in today's Guardian: theguardian.com/commentisfree/

The Guardian · East German culture has been ignored for too long. Until we embrace it, our country will remain dangerously dividedBy Carolin Würfel
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Max Hertzberg

I've added a few extra entries to the glossary / on my website. It's mainly East terms that readers come across in my books, but it may also be useful for those more generally interested in (not to mention anyone trying to decipher the labyrinthine departments of the ).

maxhertzberg.co.uk/publishing/

Max HertzbergAn East German glossary | Max HertzbergStruggling with your Trabants and your Reichsbahn locomotives? A handy dictionary for words commonly used in my books set in East Germany.
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Max Hertzberg

Palast der Republik, East , 1987.

The Palace of the Republic was not just the seat of the parliament but also a major culture venue with restaurants and cafes.

Erich (Honecker)'s Lamp Shop, as it was called locally was symbolic of both the lack of democracy and the accessibility of government in . It may have been a dictatorship, but it wasn't as far removed (physically or notionally) from individuals' everyday experiences as some governments today.

Black and white photograph of a glass fronted concrete building. Taken at night, the sky is black, the foreground is dark, but the building is lit up and the many windows shine into the darkness. Photograph by Gerd Danigal, 1987
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