NMLP P-032811 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

How German Is It (Wie Deutsch Ist Es)

Walter Abish · New Directions · 1980

The US New Directions edition of 1980 is the true first; it won the inaugural 1981 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-032811 for "How German Is It (Wie Deutsch Ist Es)" by Walter Abish (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-032811, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).