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Forbidding / Forbidden Words; Verbotene Worte; Mots défendus / Mots défendant


Transcript is pleased to announce the launch of a special double issue,
guest-edited by the Bulgarian-German writer Tzveta Sofronieva, dedicated to
the topic of forbidding and forbidden words.  This issue not only looks at
themes of linguistic memory and taboo – the cultural burden borne by certain
words in certain languages – but also investigates the insights into
language offered by bi- or multi-lingualism, states of being which increase
awareness of what can and cannot be said.

Featuring writing by Magda Cârneci, Angie Cruz, Georgi Gospodinov, Michal
Hvorecky, Tomáŝ Kafka, Odile Kennel, Georg Klein, Jerzy Lucosz, Alek Popov,
Jean Portante, Rufo Quintavalle, Emily Raboteau, Sabine Scholl, Tzveta
Sofronieva, Yoko Tawada and Ekaterina Yossifova.