Fatma Aydemir

Fatma Aydemir
Aydemir in 2017
Aydemir in 2017
Born1986 (age 37–38)
Karlsruhe, West Germany
Occupation
  • Writer
  • journalist
LanguageGerman
Notable awardsFranz-Hessel-Preis
2018 Ellbogen

Fatma Aydemir (born 1986) is a German author and journalist based in Berlin.[1] She is best known for her novel Ellbogen (Elbow), which won both the 2018 Franz Hessel Prize and the Klaus Michael Kühne prize for best debut novel of 2017.[2][3][4]

Biography

Aydemir was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany. She is the granddaughter of Turkish-Kurdish[5] immigrants.[6][7]

She is an editor and columnist for Die Tageszeitung. Before it ceased publication, she wrote for the German music magazine Spex.[8][9][10] She also founded a bilingual German/Turkish portal in response to incursions against press freedom in Turkey.[11]

Works

  • Aydemir, Fatma (2017). Ellbogen: Roman (in German). München: Hanser. ISBN 978-3-446-25441-1. OCLC 964395472.
  • Aydemir, Fatma (2022). Dschinns: Roman (in German). München: Hanser. ISBN 978-3-446-26914-9. OCLC 1282190927.

References

  1. ^ "Fatma Aydemir". Writers Unlimited.
  2. ^ "Debütroman ausgezeichnet: Fatma Aydemir erhält Klaus-Michael-Kühne-Preis". Spiegel Online. 20 September 2017.
  3. ^ Lenz, Susanne (31 March 2017). "Roman "Ellbogen": Wut, wie sie einem in der Literatur lange nicht begegnet ist". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. ^ Bayer, Felix (29 January 2017). "Debütroman über junge Berliner Türkin: Kartoffeln kommen nur am Rande vor". Spiegel Online.
  5. ^ Radisch, Iris. ""Dschinns" von Fatma Aydemir: "Verficktes Land"". zeit.de. Die Zeit. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  6. ^ "This is the way we see migration, racism and feminism". @GI_weltweit.
  7. ^ Liebert, Juliane (6 April 2017). "Fatma Aydemir: "Köln war voll erfunden"". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Autorin Fatma Aydemir – "Ja, ich bin wütend"". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Articles by Fatma Aydemir".
  10. ^ "Das Zentrum der Welt liegt am Leopoldplatz". Der Tagesspiegel Online.
  11. ^ "Fatma Aydemir — internationales literaturfestival berlin".


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