born in 1965, studied Slavic and comparative literature. She works as a freelance translator of Russian and has translated works by Viktor Shklovski, Vladimir Sorokin, Julius Margolin and Maria Stepanova, among others. Her translation of Boris Poplavsky’s novel »Apoll Besobrasow« (tr: Apollo Unformed) was published in 2019. She is also
is an award-winning artist and multimedia performer from Hong Kong. Her short films have been presented at international festivals. Her solo performance »Woman in Red« was performed at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong and the Theatre Zuidplein in Amsterdam. She is also director of the independent theater group
Miriam Mandelkow was born in Amsterdam in 1963, is an award-winning translator. She studied English and Jewish studies in Hamburg and the USA and worked as an editor for several years before turning to literary translation. Her most recent translations include works by Samuel Selvon, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Richard Price, and James
born in Hohenstein-Ernstthal/Saxony in 1971, has been editor-in-chief of »Sinn und Form« since 2013. He has contributed to the »FAZ«, published the poems of Nelly Sachs (2010), and wrote »Peter Huchel. Leben in Bildern« (2018; tr: Peter Huchel: A Life in Pictures) and »Der verschwundene Zeuge. Das Kurze Leben des
born in East Berlin in 1975, was a co-founder of the instrumental bands Mina and Contriva before launching her solo career as a songwriter with »Luck« in 2002. Since then, she has released numerous solo and group records, toured internationally, and participated in film, television, and theatre productions. In 2021,
completed his doctorate (German Studies) at the Humboldt-University zu Berlin in 1998. Subsequently, he was a scientific employee and coordinator of the DFG project »Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte des Fremden 1880–1918« (tr. Literature and culture history of the foreign). After holding a position as Visiting Assistant Professor in Stanford, he went
Maaza Mengiste is a novelist and essayist whose work examines the individual lives at stake during migration, war, and exile, and considers the intersections of photography and violence. »Beneath the Lion’s Gaze«, her critically acclaimed debut novel, was selected by »The Guardian« as one of the 10 best contemporary African
born in 1967, studied German studies and ethnology in Freiburg. He lived in Poland from 1994 to 2011. He has worked at the Institute for Germanic Philology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań since 1999. Since 2012, he has taught courses in Intercultural German Studies at the Collegium Polonicum
born in Cologne in 1957, is a dramaturge. She studied theatre, education, and literature in Munich. Initial engagements in Landshut in 1982, one year later in Bochum. Moved to the Burgtheater Vienna under the direction of Claus Peymann in 1986. Member of the directorate and director at the Berliner Ensemble
born in 1945, is a German editor and translator. He worked as an editor for the publisher Suhrkamp/Insel from 1984 to 2011, with a primary focus on the Spanish and Latin-American literature program. At Suhrkamp he was in charge, among others, of the work of Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of
born 1990 in Hódmezővásárhely, is a poet, who worked until recently as an editor at the Hungarian publishing house Corvina Kiadó. To date, she has published two volumes of poetry: »Hálátlanok búcsúja« (2015; tr: Farewell to the Ungrateful) and »Holnap ne gyere« (2017; tr: Don’t Come Tomorrow). She has also
born in Munich in 1941, produced over seventy feature, television, and documentary films, including »David« (1979, Golden Bear and Federal Film Award), »Laputa« (1985, Jury Prize in Montreal), and feature films by Thomas Brasch. Von Vietinghoff was on the selection committee of the Berlinale competition from 1983 to 2001. He
