Finnish-Kosovar writer Pajtim Statovci was born in 1990. He was two years old when his family emigrated from Kosovo to Finland to avoid political unrest. Statovci studied comparative literature at the University of Helsinki, where he is pursuing his doctorate, as well as dramatic writing at the Aalto School of
Onjali Q. Raúf, born in 1981, is a British author, women’s rights activist, and founder of two NGOs: O’s Refugee Aid Team which mobilises aid convoys and funds to help frontline refugee response teams across northern France and Greece; and Making Herstory, an organisation which fights for the rights of
Olivier Guez, born in Strasbourg in 1974, is a French writer. He graduated from Sciences Po Strasbourg and earned a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and the Collège dʼEurope in Bruges. As a journalist, he has written for »Le Monde«, »Le Point«, »FAZ«, »New York Times«, and
born in Sanderbusch in 1955, earned a degree in Slavic Studies and East European History before founding the Ost-West-Büro (OWB) for Eastern European consultation and translation in Berlin. He earned his doctorate in 1995 and worked as an interpreter and translator for the governing mayor of Berlin, where he has
Olga Tokarczuk was born in 1962 in Sulechów near Zielona Góra in Poland. She studied clinical psychology at University of Warsaw. After graduating she initially worked as a therapist. Her first novel »Podróż ludzi Księgi« (tr: The Journey of the Book-People) was published in 1993, and was hailed by the
born in Berlin in 1986, is a comic artist and illustrator who studied at the University of Art and Design in Halle an der Salle. Their graphic novel debut »Im Land der Frühaufsteher« (tr: In the Land of the Early Risers) focuses on the living conditions of refugees in Saxony-Anhalt.
Nora Bossong was born in Bremen in 1982. She studied cultural studies, philosophy, and literature in Leipzig and Potsdam, at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and at La Sapienza in Rome. She completed her studies with a master’s thesis on the element of evil in David Lynch’s works.Her début novel »Gegend«
Nie Jun was born in Qingdao in the province of Shandong in 1975. His interest in drawing started at a young age; before he began producing his own comics, he would reproduce paintings and drawings from traditional Chinese pocket picture books (Lianhuanhua) as well as international comic series. As a
Neil Gaiman, born in England, is the author of the groundbreaking »Sandman« comics, which received nine Eisner Awards, was described by Stephen King as having turned graphic novels into »art«. He published »Neverwhere«, »Anansi Boys«, »Good Omens« (with Terry Pratchett), »Smoke and Mirrors«, »Fragile Things«, »Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and
born in Istanbul in 1957, is a social scientist, publicist and women’s rights activist. She studied economics and sociology and wrote her doctoral thesis on Islam in everyday life. She has published numerous books, most recently »The Unholy Family: How Islamic Tradition Deprives Women and Children of Rights « (2019).
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah was born in Spring Valley, New York, to Ghanaian parents in 1990. He studied English, journalism, and film studies at the University of Albany, State University of New York, and received his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Syracuse University, New York, where he teaches
Myriam Alfano studied Romance Linguistics and Latin American Studies in Frankfurt and Venice. For the last fifteen years she has been translating fiction from Italian and Spanish, now focusing on graphic novels. She has translated works by Davide Reviati, Gipi, Stefano Ricci, Igort, and Paolo Bacilieri. As well as translating,
