Re: On writing in a foreign language
Those who wrote in the language of their adopted country only to be translated or translate themselves back into their mother tongue
Examples: Klaus Mann The Turning Point (Der Wendepunkt) I read this in German, only realised later that it was a translation from the English.
Oscar Maria Graf Das Leben meiner Mutter originally written in English in the US in 1940 (I don't know if it was published at the tme ) and then in German (read it in German)
Incidentally, both well worth your time.
I suppose this question of a language being one's home depends on the individual writer and, possibly, his adaptability. A Stefan Zweig, a Sandor Marai, probably many others, unable to write in any other language - both in exile. Both suicides.
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