![Maja Haderlap Maja Haderlap, Austro-Slovene writer, Ingeborg Bachmann Prize winner](/resources/files/jpg1098/end_haderlap2300x1000-formatkey-jpg-w983.jpg)
Maja Haderlap, Austro-Slovene writer, Ingeborg Bachmann Prize winner | © Anže Vrabl
We must push and emphasize and cultivate multilingualism wherever possible, because that’s where we get our first practice in understanding others. It’s a challenge: we have to try to make ourselves understood, which I consider the best basis for Europe – politically speaking as well.
Maja Haderlap