Suleman Taufiq was born in Beirut in 1953 and grew up in Damascus. He came to Germany in 1971, where he studied philosophy and comparative literature. He published his first collection of poetry in 1978 in German. He has published stories and essays as well as poetry and children’s books
Susan Howe was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1937 and grew up in nearby Cambridge. After completing her school education she travelled to Ireland, her mother’s native country, and worked as an assistant and played minor parts at the Dublin Gate Theatre. In 1961 she studied painting at the Boston
was born in 1960 in Reggio Emilia to destroy those in power. As an anarchic individualist he recognizes the “papi” popes Silvio, Joseph and Karol as the targets of his pyrotechnical existence. For many years he has been shouting his text »Silvio!!!« in order to destroy Berlusconi. But the money
born in 1967 in Cologne, is an author and translator. Until 2016, he was editor-in-chief of the »Art&Thought« magazine for dialogue with the Islamic world. His most recent non-fiction book »1001 Buch« (2019; tr: 1001 Books) sheds light on »the complexity of the Islamic-influenced literary, linguistic, and cultural realm« (SRW2).
Dr. Sonja Hegasy was born in Leverkusen in 1967. She studied Islamic Studies in Cairo, Bochum, New York, and at the University of Witten/ Herdecke. She finished her Ph.D. in 1996 at the Institute of Political Science at FU Berlin. Until 1998 she was a junior expert with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Sinan Antoon, poet, novelist and translator, was born in Baghdad in 1967 to an Iraqi father and an American mother. He studied English literature at university in the Iraqi capital. After the 1991 Gulf War he moved to the USA, where he continued his studies at Georgetown and at Harvard,
Siegfried Lenz was born in Lyck, a small town in Masuria, in 1926. After leaving high school early under special wartime arrangements, he joined the navy in 1943. Before the end of the war, Lenz defected to Denmark. He was held by the British as a prisoner of war for
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955. The son of Abbey theatre actress Joan O’Hara, he was raised in London and the Irish capital, where he attended the Catholic University School and later studied English and Latin at Trinity College. After completing his studies, he spent several years living
Sayed Kashua was born in Tira, Israel, in 1975. He studied Sociology and Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Kashua is a columnist and film critic, and writes for the Israeli papers »Haaretz« and »Ha’ir« as well as writing screenplays for the sitcom »Avoda Aravit« (tr.: Arab work). The
born in 1956 in Al-Habbaniyah, Iraq, left his home country in 1979. Nowadays Shimon lives in London. Shimon is a writer of short stories and poems as well as a publisher of anthologies. His debut novel »An Iraqi in Paris« (2005/2011) was highly praised by the critics. In the Arab
Rosana Faría was born in Caracas in 1963, studied graphic design at the Instituto de Diseño de la Fundación Neumann and painting and drawing at the Escuela de Artes Visuales Cristóbal Rojas. She later worked as a graphic designer, but then began to concentrate on her work as an illustrator,
Rolf Hosfeld born in 1948 in Bad Berleburg. He was a free lanced writer and historian as well as the Academic Director of the Potsdam Lepsius House, an institute in Genocide Research. He studied German language and literature, political science, history and philosophy in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin, and
