Tuesday, June 22, 2010

News at Eleven: German man of letters Hans Magnus Enzensberger

does not mince words.

"Writers have no more moral authority than plumbers or butchers," Enzensberger declared June 7 at a Prague Writers' Festival discussion held at Nová scéna. The statement--partially in response to Egyptian author Bahaa Taher's impassioned plea for solidarity in response to the Israeli attack on an aid ship bound for Gaza May 31--sparked one of the most animated discussions of the festival.

from The Prague Post: Writers' Festival: German poet morally centered

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