The following competition is part of the Goethe-Institut's recent
German Literature Promotion. Full details at:
http://www.goethe.de/gr/lon/glit/index.htm
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GERMAN LITERATURE COMPETITION
Win a Weekend Break in Germany
Liaisons Abroad (http://www.liaisonsabroad.com/), the ticket
specialists who cover the world of opera and more, offer the winner a
prize of 2 nights accommodation for 2 people in a first class hotel,
return flights and tickets for a performance during Bach Year 2000.
Booking is subject to availability and to certain conditions. 6 runners-
up will receive a copy of *Germany. The Rough Guide*. Just answer
the following:
Which German writer has taught at the University of East Anglia
since 1970?
Which Prague-born poet once worked as the sculptor Rodin's
secretary?
Who began an apprenticeship as a stonemason before turning to
fine art and then fiction?
Which novelist also wrote a journal based on his travels in Ireland?
Which poet, novelist and courtier also wrote a scientific treatise
attacking Newton's theory of light?
Who wrote an influential essay on "the work of art in the age of
mechanical reproduction"?
Which writer, in the aftermath of German reunification, faced
allegations of having informed for the Stasi?
Which poet and essayist wrote a verse epic inspired by the sinking
of the Titanic?
Which novelist placed a medieval mandarin in Modern Munich?
Tie-breaker: Think of an alternative title for Herta Müller's
prizewinning novel *The Land of Green Plums*.
These questions will also appear in The Independent on 15 April
2000.
Please send your answers on a postcard to: German Literature, PO
Box 30431, London NW6 6FJ
Terms and conditions
Instructions form part of the rules.
Only UK residents aged 18 and over may enter.
The closing date is 15.5.2000.
The winning tie-breaker is the one judged most apt and the judges'
decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
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