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| Cherepaha Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6580 days ago 126 posts - 175 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Polish, Latin, French | Message 25 of 35 31 August 2009 at 9:13am | IP Logged | ||
Joseph Brodsky wrote in Russian and English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Brodsky According to Wikipedia: "In 1987, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the fifth Russian-born writer to do so. At an interview in Stockholm airport, to the question: "You are an American citizen who is receiving the Prize for Russian-language poetry. Who are you, an American or a Russian?", he responded: "I am Jewish - a Russian poet and an English essayist"." 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6263 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 26 of 35 31 August 2009 at 12:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Nabokov lived in Berlin for a while but apparently never learned German. He mostly associated with the colony of White Russian emigres, which is probably the reason why.
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| mizuki Triglot Newbie Poland Joined 5103 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC2, French | Message 28 of 35 26 November 2010 at 3:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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I noticed that all the non-native writers writing in a second language that you have mentioned were the so-called "diasporic writers" or "exile writers", meaning they all (I think, I haven't checked each of the names) migrated to another country and wrote in the language of their new home. What interests me is whether there are published, accomplished writers, who, despite not having moved from their native country, write their books in a foreign language? Is it even possible? And, more importantly, is such a writer considered a writer of his or her homeland, or of the country of the target-language?
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| clumsy Octoglot Senior Member Poland lang-8.com/6715Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5169 days ago 1116 posts - 1367 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swedish Studies: Danish, Dari, Kirundi | Message 29 of 35 26 November 2010 at 4:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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I a mwriting short story in Japanese on lng-8, n there is even a girl who reads it! Rumi.
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| Marikki Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5486 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Spanish, Swedish Studies: German | Message 30 of 35 26 November 2010 at 5:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Slovakian born Alexandra Salmela who has studied Finnish language for eight years and lived in Finland for four years is one of the nominees for this year’s Finlandia Literature Prize.
She has already won the prestigious HS prize for the best Finnish-language literary debut of the year which is awarded by the Finland’s biggest newspaper. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mizuki Triglot Newbie Poland Joined 5103 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC2, French | Message 31 of 35 26 November 2010 at 7:04pm | IP Logged | ||
But she still migrated to Finland, didn't she? Does anyone know about a writer who STAYS IN HIS OR HER HOMELAND but writes in a second language? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kounotori Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5335 days ago 136 posts - 264 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Russian Studies: Mandarin | Message 32 of 35 27 November 2010 at 2:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, it's definitely doable if you put your heart into it. Roman Schatz moved to Finland in 1986 when he was 26 and today he's an established Finnish author and newspaper columnist.
Eva Hoffman is yet another example of an immigrant who's gone on to become a published author in a second language. She only began learning English in her teens. I really recommend her book Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language, which details her (often frustrating) experiences of learning English. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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