Esther Kinsky

Esther Kinsky, born 1956 in Engelskirchen, is an author and translator working in Polish, Russian and English. In 2009, she won the Paul Celan prize for translation into German and she has also published numerous novels and books of poetry. Her novel, River, won the French-German Franz Hessel Prize for Contemporary Literature. In 2018, Kinsky won the Leipzig Book Fair Prize for her novel, Grove. Kinsky lives between Berlin and Friuli. 

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KULTURAUSTAUSCH is the magazine for international perspectives. It is published quarterly and presents international cultural relations from fresh perspectives. We focus on people and regions that rarely feature in the German debate.

Renowned authors such as Serhij Zhadan, Fatou Diome, Liao Yiwu, Ibram X. Kendi or Gioconda Belli have their say, as do other voices from around the globe from Afghan women doctors to mine workers in Congo to racing drivers from Qatar.

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