Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç

born in 1989 in Hessen, is a writer, poet, and political scientist. His academic work is centrally concerned with anti-Muslim racism, antisemitism, and orientalism, completing a doctorate at the Humboldt University Berlin in 2025. He was nominated for the Clemens-Brentano Prize and the Dresdner Prize for Poetry for his lyrical writing. He was additionally awarded the Wolfgang-Weyrauch-Förderpreis in 2025, the year in which he also published his debut novel, »Hundesohn« [tr. Son of a Dog]. Keskinkılıç lives in Berlin.