INTERMEZZO: Awarding of the Geertje Potash-Suhr Prize for prose in German:GESCHICHTENüberGRENZEN4

Anant Kumar, a writer in the German language, was born in Bihar. His birth place is Katihar where his father Prof. Major R. Prasad served the Indian Army. Motihari. He learnt German as a Foreign Language in New Delhi, before he came to Germany. Between 1992 and 1999, he studied German Literature and Linguistics. He wrote his Masters Thesis on the epic MANAS of Alfred Doeblin at the University of Kassel, Germany. Besides regular contributions to literary magazines and periodicals, he is the author of twelve books of poetry and prose in German. He has received several awards in contemporary German literature and is a member of German Writers Association. www.anant-kumar.de The translation in English is done mostly by Prof. Dr. Marilya Veteto Reese (North Arizona University, Flagstaff-AZ, USA). http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/mvc/html/cv.html Anant & Marilya r in correspondence with the publishers for their anthology in English "Stories Beyond Banks". View all posts by writerkumar