Writing in your non-native language:<p>* Czech-born Milan Kundera started to write in French after having moved to France.<p>* Jack Kerouac was born to French-Canadian parents and brought up speaking French; yet, he wrote in English.<p><i>&quot;French novelist Proust said that a novelist that wants to have a defined style should write in a foreign language,&quot;</i> said Algerian-Italian writer Tahar Lamri. <i>&quot;That&#x27;s because a foreign language forces the author to hunt for the proper imagery because they don&#x27;t have an extensive vocabulary at their disposition.&quot;</i> (From DW&#x27;s article &quot;Non-native authors bring fresh perspective to language&quot;, <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dw.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;non-native-authors-bring-fresh-perspective-to-language&#x2F;a-14910840" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dw.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;non-native-authors-bring-fresh-perspect...</a>)