You are here: Homepage Tag Freedom of speech Articles Li Ang, born in Lukang in 1952 as Shih Shu-tuan, is one the most prominent voices in Taiwan’s literature Photo: Barbara Zanon / Getty Images Literature | Taiwan Sex and politics: Taiwan’s last taboos Taiwan is often portrayed as a model Asian democracy by the West. But how free and open-minded is the country really? Author Li Ang on a question she’s been asking for decades By Li Ang 06/01/2023 Literature | International I think that art needs time to emerge In a world of fast-moving news about the War in Ukraine and climate change, it is often hard to focus and take time to create art. But literature works on a different clock: It needs time to form and silence to emerge. By Cécile Wajsbrot 01/09/2023 Author Lubi Barre Photo: Cécile Ash Personal history | Somalia Having a voice From a Somalian childhood to reading books in Paris and writing in Germany: On why I had to learn a foreign language to express myself freely By Lubi Barre 04/14/2022 Photo Robin Utrecht / picture alliance Black and white thinking “Do you want a bodyguard?” Threatened from all sides, the young author Lale Gül is paying a high price for her self-determination By Lale Gül 04/14/2022
Li Ang, born in Lukang in 1952 as Shih Shu-tuan, is one the most prominent voices in Taiwan’s literature Photo: Barbara Zanon / Getty Images Literature | Taiwan Sex and politics: Taiwan’s last taboos Taiwan is often portrayed as a model Asian democracy by the West. But how free and open-minded is the country really? Author Li Ang on a question she’s been asking for decades By Li Ang 06/01/2023
Literature | International I think that art needs time to emerge In a world of fast-moving news about the War in Ukraine and climate change, it is often hard to focus and take time to create art. But literature works on a different clock: It needs time to form and silence to emerge. By Cécile Wajsbrot 01/09/2023
Author Lubi Barre Photo: Cécile Ash Personal history | Somalia Having a voice From a Somalian childhood to reading books in Paris and writing in Germany: On why I had to learn a foreign language to express myself freely By Lubi Barre 04/14/2022
Photo Robin Utrecht / picture alliance Black and white thinking “Do you want a bodyguard?” Threatened from all sides, the young author Lale Gül is paying a high price for her self-determination By Lale Gül 04/14/2022
