Writer, cultural critic, translator and publisher: Hans Magnus Enzensberger was a multi-talented thinker. He became famous in the 1960s and never stopped writing. He died at the age of 93.
BERLIN (AP) German novelist, poet and essayist Hans Magnus Enzensberger, considered one of the country's pre-eminent post-war intellectuals, has died at the age of 93. His publisher, Suhrkamp Verlag, said Friday that Enzensberger died Thursday in Munich.
Following the recent brutal attack on Salman Rushdie, famous writers have been reading passages from his works. Torsten Landsberg takes a look at the struggle in 1988 to publish "The Satanic Verses" in German
Following the recent brutal attack on Salman Rushdie, famous writers have been reading passages from his works. Here's a look at how 1988's "The Satanic Verses" struggled to be published in German.