Re: On writing in a foreign language
Two novelists who, as far as I can tell, weren't established as novelists before they switched languages:
Aleksandar Hemon moved from Bosnia to the US in 1992, supposedly barely knowing the language, and published his first story in English in 1995.
Wladimir Kaminer moved from Russia to Germany in 1990. Debuted in German in 2000.
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