The German Akademie der Künste has announced the acquisition of the archive of the great Volker Braun (Rubble Flora, etc.).
(No word as to how much they paid -- and it's unclear whether the archive-gobbling Harry Ransom Center made a bid .....)
Seems like a good home for the 150 boxes worth of files -- and more fascinating material (just look at the list of correspondents) than most.
Seems like a good home for the 150 boxes worth of files -- and more fascinating material (just look at the list of correspondents) than most.