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Internationally renowned author Ilija Trojanow is a man of the globalised world. Born in Bulgaria, he grew up in South-Africa, travelled through India and the Orient and lives now in Europe. Throughout all this time his language of literature remained German. Ilija Trojanow was a guest of the Adelaide Writers´ Week and subsequently gave a reading at the Goethe-Institut in Sydney. His bestselling book “The Collector of Worlds” describes the life of the British officer Sir Richard Burton who becomes obsessed with learning indigenous languages und foreign cultures. Listen to Ilija Trojanow as he talks to Trudi Latour and tells us more about his love for the world and for the German language.