born in 2000 in Mazār-i-Sharīf, Afghanistan, fled to Germany at the age of 15 as his parents’ only son. Shahzamir spent a total of three months on the road and almost drowned during the crossing to Greece. His enthusiasm for writing began at the age of 11 and he won
born in 1982 at Lake Constance, studied art history and German language and literature in Hamburg. He later worked as an editor for the Matthes & Seitz publishing house in Berlin. In 2014, he founded Guggolz Verlag, which specializes in new translations of works from the first half of the
Sebastian Meschenmoser was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1980 and began studying at the Akademie für bildende Künste in Mainz in 2001. After visiting the École Nationale Supérieure d’Art in Dijon for half a year, he transfered to Anne Berning‘s master class in Mainz in 2006 and completed his
Saskia von Hoegen studied Romance languages and international law in Bonn and Madrid and earned a doctorate in Hispanic languages and literatures. She worked for several years in Madrid for the Spanish publishing house »punto de lectura«, managed the contracts and licenses of the publishing house and was responsible for
Salman Rushdie is the author of twelve novels, »Grimus«, »Midnight’s Children« (which won the Booker Prize in 1981), »Shame«, »The Satanic Verses«, »Haroun and the Sea of Stories«, »The Moor’s Last Sigh«, »The Ground Beneath Her Feet«, »Fury«, »Shalimar the Clown«, »The Enchantress of Florence«, »Luka and the Fire
born in 1992 in Paris, is an AI policy researcher at »The Future Society«, a think-and-do-tank originally founded at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her focuses include data governance, privacy and the impact of algorithmical bias, especially on social minorities as well as on notions of free will and human agency.
Ruth Schweikert was born in 1965 in Lörrach and grew up in Aarau. She trained in theater and studied German language and literature for a time. In 1994 she published her first volume of stories »Erdnüsse. Totschlagen« (tr: Peanuts. Kill), in which Schweikert reflects on the relationships within a family
Rose Lagercrantz was born in Stockholm in 1947. Her father came from Berlin. He had participated in the resistance against fascism, spent several years in prison, and fled to Sweden via Prague and Krakow after his release. Her mother, who came from Transylvania, came to Sweden via Auschwitz. Lagercrantz ran
Rodrigo Rey Rosa was born in Guatemala City in 1958. He attended a Jesuit school there and traveled with his parents across Mexico and Latin America. After school, he came to Europe for one year, where he mainly stayed in England, Germany and Spain. At the same time, he began
Robert Macfarlane was born in 1976 in Nottinghamshire. He has loved mountaineering since he was a child. After attending Nottingham High School, he studied in Cambridge at Pembroke College and in Oxford at Magdalen College, and also accepted a teaching post at a university in Beijing. He earned his doctorate
born in Lübeck in 1969, is a German politician and writer. He studied philosophy and philology in Freiburg i. Br. and Hamburg and completed his doctorate in philosophy in 2000. He has been working as a writer together with his wife Andrea Paluch since 1999. From 2012 to 2018, he
aka Dr. Bitch Ray, born in Bremen, is a linguist, rapper, performance artist, actress, fashion designer, and author. She is currently conducting research on right-wing populism, Islam and gender at a graduate school and is working on her habilitation (professorship qualification). She has published articles in the »ZEIT«, the »taz«,
