*2012 in Berlin, was awarded the THEO Prize for Young Literature in 2022 for »Die magische Geschichte von Ebbe und Flut«. He was inspired during a stay with his grandmother by the North Sea after visiting a Moor Museum. He is in 4th grade, writes fantastic stories, and loves graphic
*2014 in Munich, was awarded the THEO Prize for Young Literature in 2022 for his short stories »Gespenster I-IV«. He is in the 2nd grade at Windmühlenberg Elementary School in Berlin. Jona Valentin likes to draw and paint and loves to dive into his fantasy worlds. He likes visiting the
*2011 in Berlin, was inspired by texts by Martin Piekar to start writing during the first lockdown – writing poetry in the second. He was awarded at THEO 2021 for his poem »Terrassenmassakerkinder versus Zelebrators«, which was described as »a battle against modern apocalyptic horsemen and contemporary evils such as
born in 1958, is a publisher, book designer and author. She worked closely with her partner Jörg Schröder [1938–2020] since 1981 at the publishing house März Verlag. From 1990 to 2018 they developed the first desktop publishing project »Schröder erzählt«. She has also been a regular blogger for the »taz«
born in Flörsheim am Main in 1973, is a German-Turkish journalist and commentator. He studied political science in Berlin and was editor of the »taz« and co-editor of »Jungle World« for many years. Since 2015, he has been the Turkey correspondent for the »Welt«. Most recently, he published »Agentterrorist« [2019;
born in 1987, completed an apprenticeship in publishing at Suhrkamp Verlag, after which he worked in the editorial and the foreign rights department. He then studied German literature and Scandinavian studies in Berlin. From 2012, he worked as an editor at Matthes & Seitz Berlin. In 2021, he relaunched März
born in 1986 in Ankara, studied Turkish language and literature at Boğaziçi Üniversitesi in Istanbul. The author and LGBTIQ* activist has published four story collections and one novel and co-founded the #MeToo movement in the Turkish publishing industry. Due to political and gender repression in her home country, she now
born in Berlin in 1937, is one of the most important German theater and film directors. His career took him from the Munich Kammerspiele via Zurich and Bremen to Berlin, where he assembled a top-class ensemble at the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer and created legendary productions. As director of drama
born 1946 in Oberstdorf, is a freelance author and dance and theater critic. She has worked as festival director and dramaturge in numerous cities, including Tübingen, Cologne, Stuttgart, and Hamburg. She founded the 1st International Women’s* Theater Festival in Cologne and, together with Ivan Nagel, the Theater der Welt festival,
studied Slavic studies and history at the Universities of Vienna and Constance and, since her habilitation in 2004, has worked as a university lecturer in Erfurt and Jena, among other places. Study and research stays took her to Moscow and Prague. She has been Professor of East Slavic Literatures and
Olga Martynova was born near Krasnoyarsk in Siberia in 1962. She grew up in Leningrad, where she studied Russian language and literature and co-founded the poetry group Kamera Chranenia [tr: Luggage Storage] in the 1980s. She moved to Germany with her husband, the writer Oleg Yuriev, in 1991. She writes
born in Berlin in 1982, studied biology with a focus on zoology, botany, ecology, and genetics at the Humboldt University in Berlin and subsequently worked as a research assistant, focusing on the genetics of plants. As a guide at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, he gives guided tours and workshops.