Gregor Hens
@gregorhens.bsky.social
Author of NICOTINE and the forthcoming THE CITY AND THE WORLD (both @Fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social). I write fiction and creative nonfiction, translate from English to German and teach creative writing and Urban Studies at the Free University in Berlin.
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Gregor Hens
@gregorhens.bsky.social
· Jan 27
This is the German edition of the forthcoming The City and the World @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social). Book design by Favoritbuero Munich, inside image by Rebecca Ann Tess
Bright and early on the first day of summer semester at the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Welcome Erasmus+ students. #rostlaube
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Bright and early on the first day of summer semester at the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Welcome Erasmus+ students. #rostlaube
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In welcher Zeit leben wir? In meinem Newsletter denke ich darüber nach. Weil die Reaktionen überwältigend waren, habe ich diesen Text auf meine Website hochgeladen: marica-bodrozic.de/in-welcher-z...
In welcher Zeit leben wir? - Marica Bodrožić
Als vor einiger Zeit klar war, dass Meta / Instagram von Faktenchecks absehen würde, lag auf der Hand, dass eine doktrinäre Haltung diese Plattform bestimmen würde. Vor dem Hintergrund der autoritär M...
marica-bodrozic.de
February 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
In welcher Zeit leben wir? In meinem Newsletter denke ich darüber nach. Weil die Reaktionen überwältigend waren, habe ich diesen Text auf meine Website hochgeladen: marica-bodrozic.de/in-welcher-z...
A truly magisterial review of my friend Paul Reitter's new translation of Marx' Capital, and an excellent discussion of what it means to re-translate a canonical work.
‘There is a fetishism of commodities, but there is also a fetishism of authors and original meanings. Thinking with Marx can often mean thinking against him, or even past him.’
Peter E. Gordon on translations of ‘Capital’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter E. Gordon on translations of ‘Capital’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter E. Gordon · Hair-splitting: Versions of Marx
Marx meant Capital to read as if it were a pedagogical exercise in dispelling illusion, penetrating the veil that...
www.lrb.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A truly magisterial review of my friend Paul Reitter's new translation of Marx' Capital, and an excellent discussion of what it means to re-translate a canonical work.
Very much looking forward to discussing The City and the World with the wonderful Lauren Elkin @laurenelkin.bsky.social on May 21. Brick Lane Bookshop London, see you there.
April 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Very much looking forward to discussing The City and the World with the wonderful Lauren Elkin @laurenelkin.bsky.social on May 21. Brick Lane Bookshop London, see you there.
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Taking part in two events at Translated By Festival in Bristol in May - launching Fair: The Life-Art of Translation @prototypepubs.bsky.social with Polly Barton & my translation of Gregor Hens’s The City and the World @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social with @gregorhens.bsky.social himself.
March 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Taking part in two events at Translated By Festival in Bristol in May - launching Fair: The Life-Art of Translation @prototypepubs.bsky.social with Polly Barton & my translation of Gregor Hens’s The City and the World @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social with @gregorhens.bsky.social himself.
Vorfrühling auf dem Tempelhofer Feld (und bei Bahlsen wird wieder Russisch Brot gebacken) @tempelhoferfeld100.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Vorfrühling auf dem Tempelhofer Feld (und bei Bahlsen wird wieder Russisch Brot gebacken) @tempelhoferfeld100.bsky.social
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#merz und #scholz wollen das #tempelhoferfeld bebauen.
Wer das Tempelhofer Feld liebt, kann weder #cdu noch #spd wählen.
#berlin #btw25
Wer das Tempelhofer Feld liebt, kann weder #cdu noch #spd wählen.
#berlin #btw25
Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin: Einmischung von ganz oben
Auch Friedrich Merz und Olaf Scholz wollen auf dem Tempelhofer Feld bauen. Ist da eine Vorentscheidung gefallen? Auch eine Trotzreaktion ist denkbar.
taz.de
February 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Hallo Calw, bin hier die neue Hermann Hesse Stipendiatin
February 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Hallo Calw, bin hier die neue Hermann Hesse Stipendiatin
One way of dealing with winter blues: Making kimchi (while listening to Nina Simone)
February 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
One way of dealing with winter blues: Making kimchi (while listening to Nina Simone)
Russian Drone Damages Radiation Shield at Chernobyl, Ukraine Says www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/w...
Russian Drone Hits Chernobyl Nuclear Radiation Shield, Ukraine Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called the damage “significant” but said there were no signs of radiation leaks. A Kremlin spokesman denied that Russia had carried out the strike.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Russian Drone Damages Radiation Shield at Chernobyl, Ukraine Says www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/w...
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East Germany weren’t messing around when they made this “map” of West Berlin 👀
February 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
East Germany weren’t messing around when they made this “map” of West Berlin 👀
The lights are on in the library. (Postblock, view from Wilhelmstraße, Berlin Jan. 2025)
February 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The lights are on in the library. (Postblock, view from Wilhelmstraße, Berlin Jan. 2025)
Daddy, why do we dream?
February 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Daddy, why do we dream?
JD Vance in Munich today: "How many times must we suffer these appalling setbacks before we change course and take our shared civilisation in a new direction?" Surely he was talking about American teenagers with assault rifles committing school massacres. No? You sure?
February 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
JD Vance in Munich today: "How many times must we suffer these appalling setbacks before we change course and take our shared civilisation in a new direction?" Surely he was talking about American teenagers with assault rifles committing school massacres. No? You sure?
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Zum Ende der Vorlesungszeit wird noch mal klar, warum es Wintersemester heißt ❄ ❄ ❄ 😍
February 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Zum Ende der Vorlesungszeit wird noch mal klar, warum es Wintersemester heißt ❄ ❄ ❄ 😍
Ivy (transl. by yours truly) just got a well-deserved reprint. It really IS Jane Austen on speed ...
February 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ivy (transl. by yours truly) just got a well-deserved reprint. It really IS Jane Austen on speed ...
Feinstaub PM 2,5 bei 38 Mikrogramm in Berlin heute. Das hat vor ein paar Jahren noch die ganze Republik beschäftigt, es gab Fahrverbote und Talksendungen zum Thema. Heute reden wir nur noch über Migration. Ich kriege keine Luft mehr.
February 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Feinstaub PM 2,5 bei 38 Mikrogramm in Berlin heute. Das hat vor ein paar Jahren noch die ganze Republik beschäftigt, es gab Fahrverbote und Talksendungen zum Thema. Heute reden wir nur noch über Migration. Ich kriege keine Luft mehr.
Hey, das ist mal ein schönes Cover. @parasitenpresse.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Hey, das ist mal ein schönes Cover. @parasitenpresse.bsky.social
Still fabulous: GSW Hochhaus (currently Rocket Tower) Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton 1999
February 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Still fabulous: GSW Hochhaus (currently Rocket Tower) Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton 1999
The zebdonk at the Museum of Natural History Berlin @mfnberlin.bsky.social wants out! At least the zeb half of it ...
February 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The zebdonk at the Museum of Natural History Berlin @mfnberlin.bsky.social wants out! At least the zeb half of it ...