Svetlana Alexievich was born in 1948 in Ivano-Frankivsk (in the former USSR, modern-day Ukraine) to a Ukrainian mother and Belarusian father. She studied Journalism in Minsk, went on to work as a teacher and later became a reporter for various newspapers and magazines. While carrying out interviews as part of
T. C. Boyle was born in Peekshill, New York, in 1948, where he spent his childhood in rather difficult circumstances. He obtained his school leaving certificate and finished his studies in English Language and History at the State University of New York in 1968. He became a writer, a musician
Sonja Ehret was born in 1960 in Heidelberg. She has worked in many jobs, for example, as a bank clerk, and as a nursing assistant at the Nordbaden Wiesloch psychiatric centre and is also involved in the registered association »Selbständig Wohnen« (tr. Living Independently). Ehret first gained a degree in
Silke Burmester was born in Hamburg in 1966. The journalist and author writes about media, culture and social policy for newspapers and journals, including »Nido«, »Die Zeit«, »Zeit Magazin«, and »Stern«. In her weekly column for »taz«, »Die Kriegsreporterin« (tr.: The war reporter), she covers each Wednesday the media front.
born in Brussels in 1931, Gronowski is the youngest survivor of »Transport 20« to Auschwitz. He was freed by the Belgian Resistance. His book »L’enfant du 20e convoi« (2002; tr.: The child of the 20th convoy) deals with this experience. Together with artist Koenraad Tinel he recently published »Ni victime,
The daughter of a Welsh mother and an Egyptian father grew up in Canada and studied Immunology. She was a scientific journalist for the »Economist« und al Jazeera, and Deputy Chairperson of the UN Global Commission on HIV. Her first book »Sex and the Citadel« was published in 2013. It
born in Rheydt in 1979, Sharmila Banerjee studied at the Cologne International School of Design and the Art Academy in Stockholm. She lives and works as a freelance illustrator in Berlin. She contributes comic memoirs of extraordinary women regularly to »Missy Magazine«. Her other works are published among others by
Sergio Raimondi, born in 1968 in Bahía Blanca, Argentina, is a writer and lecturer in contemporary literature at the Universidad Nacional del Sur. After completing his studies in literature he worked for the Museo del Puerto in the harbourside location of Ingeniero White, a museum dedicated to the changing everyday
Seyyed Ali Shodjaie was born in 1983 in Teheran. He studied industrial engineering there and now holds the position of deputy head of the Neyestan publishing house, which is based in Teheran. In addition to his publishing work, Shodjaie is also an author. He has released two novels to date,
Sebastian Meineck, born in Mainz in 1992, took General and Comparative Literary Studies in Frankfurt/Main. He was invited to the Treffen junger Autoren in 2006, 2008, and 2010, to the LiteraturLaborWolfenbüttel in 2010, and to open writing 2011. His prose has been included in numerous collections and radio programmes. He
The Kuwaiti novelist and journalist Saud Alsanousi was born in 1981. His motivation for writing is the chance this gives him to process and convey painful experiences in literary form: »I wanted to wound the reader; to replicate the same painful experience that I went through and to incite a
