Literature is losing space: newspapers cut literary pages, and non-mainstream voices disappear first. Literatur.Review pushes back — independent, multilingual, free, and largely volunteer-run. Your donation keeps diversity visible... literatur.review/en/about-us/su…

La littérature perd de l’espace : les pages se réduisent, les voix hors du courant dominant disparaissent. Literatur.Review résiste — indépendant, multilingue, gratuit, porté par des bénévoles. Votre don soutient la diversité. 👉 literatur.review/fr/essai/la-li…

La literatura pierde espacio: los periódicos recortan y las voces fuera del mainstream desaparecen primero. Literatur.Review resiste — independiente, multilingüe, gratuito y casi totalmente voluntario. Tu donación sostiene la diversidad. 👉 literatur.review/es/quienes-som…

Re-reading Halldór Laxness between the Global North & South. Biographer Halldór Guðmundsson in conversation with Axel Timo Purr on colonialism, poverty, nature — and why Laxness speaks powerfully to the Global South today. literatur.review/en/interview/f…

The almost classic Christmas story is here: 'A Hindu Festival Called Christmas' by Kiran Nagarkar, one of India’s most significant writers, shows how a deeply Christian festival can be transformed through another religion... literatur.review/en/essay/hindu…

80 years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, how can its memory be passed on to children? Shaw Kuzki’s ‚Soul Lanterns‘ tells a quiet, powerful story about remembrance, language, and growing up in the shadow of August 6. literatur.review/en/reviews/chi…

Between the everyday and the unseen: short prose by Franco-Algerian author Ghizlan Touati. “In the World and Beyond…” captures fragile moments, memory, and presence with quiet force.... literatur.review/en/literature/… #WorldLiterature #ShortProse #WomenWriting #Algeria

With Loiq Scherali, we present one of Tajikistan’s most significant poetic voices — our Poet of the Month. Two poems that merge classical Persian-Tajik forms with existential clarity: self and river, love and withdrawal, intensity without excess... literatur.review/en/literature/…

In the poems of Hannes Wesendonk, there is no lyrical first-aid kit — just a colourful plate of everyday moments, laconic tones, and subtle breaks. Open, restrained, and deliberately unpolished. literatur.review/en/reviews/poe…

“Why re-read a classic that once shocked the world?” Bound to Violence by Yambo Ouologuem returns as a Penguin Modern Classic—and sparks fresh questions about canon, controversy, and post-colonial reckoning... literatur.review/en/reviews/fic…

Martin R. Dean’s ‚Tobacco and Chocolate‘ confronts colonial amnesia with a transcontinental family narrative.  A powerful literary journey that challenges collective forgetting and reframes cultural memory... literatur.review/en/reviews/fic…

„Hitler was a leftist“: In „Das Deutsche Demokratische Reich“ (The German Democratic Reich), historian Volker Weiß shows how right-wing politics is made possible today by the rewriting and reinterpreting of history... literatur.review/en/reviews/non…

Is Moroccan literature really marginal — or radically plural? In this essay, Mohamed Khalfouf explores canon formation, multilingualism and literary renewal beyond the centre. #MoroccanLiterature #Morocco literatur.review/en/essay/prese…

A boy, a teddy bear, and a quiet escape into the tall grass. ‚Into the Uncut Grass‘ by Trevor Noah & Sabina Hahn is a gentle fable about decisions, freedom, and finding your way home—without preaching... literatur.review/en/reviews/chi…

“Life is already difficult enough.” Egpytian author Ahmed Abdel Moneim Ramadan on absurdity, fantasy, writing under pressure, and why literature can never fully escape reality... literatur.review/en/interview/l…

Five poems from Saudi Arabia by Ali Al Hazmi: loss, desire, exile, the sea as memory and threat. A street through a wall — powerful contemporary Arabic poetry in translation... literatur.review/en/literature/…

We are kicking off our biannual month of exclusively short stories with ‘Khemji – An Indian Tragedy’ by Waseem Hussain. A text that condenses social order, guilt and repression into a confined space... literatur.review/en/literature/…

A Functionary’s Story by Brazilian author Leonardo Garzaro explores how economic structures shape personal identity in a globalized world — quietly, relentlessly, and with disturbing precision. A short story about work, power, and the fragility of self. literatur.review/en/literature/…

We are proud to publish autofictional texts by Philippine authour Al Joseph Lumen, drawn from his work in a German nursing home — written with restraint, attentiveness, and a quiet tenderness toward care, labor, and human vulnerability. literatur.review/en/literature/…

In 'Under The Silence Of Gold', Madagascan author Mi Ravao delivers a sharply political text on the merciless exploitation of land and people. A powerful indictment of extractivism and global inequality... literatur.review/en/literature/…