Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Neusprachliche Südasienstudien
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Jürgen Schaflechner and Torsten Tschacher: "Tamil - The Unknown Indian Literature"
Date: Saturday, 13.10.2012
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue:
Frankfurt Book Fair, Weltempfang, Salon

Literary works have been written in Tamil for nearly 2000 years. "The Story of a Seaside Village" by Thoppil Mohammed Meeran is the first ever Tamil novel to be translated directly into German (German translation: "Die Geschichte eines Dorfes am Meer", 2011). It describes life in a Muslim village in southern India and it has been well received in India. The German edition was published by Draupadi Verlag and was recommended in litprom's best book list, "Weltempfänger". This talk is devoted to the novel and a discussion of literary translation.

Posted on 10 Sep 2012
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