- Review by Eike Wienbarg on the new volume of stumbling blocks
The story behind the name Eike Wienbarg 10/18/2020 in the Weser-Kurier In three articles for the new book "Stolpersteine in Bremen - Biographical Traces - Neustadt" the Sykerin Ilse Zelle dedicates herself to the Polak family, who also lived in Weyhe. Syke/Weyhe/Bremen. The name of the Jewish-Christian Polak family is closely linked to the community of Weyhe. A street was named after Carl Polak in 1995, and his son Otto is an honorary citizen of the community. The Syker author and former teacher at the Cooperative Comprehensive School (KGS) Brinkum talked about the life of Otto Polak… - Interview with Kornelia Renemann on the new volume of stumbling blocks
- Sebastian Loskant's review of Eberhard Pfleiderer's "Zwangst"
- Review by Kerstin Panhorst on Doğan Akhanlı's "Madonna's Last Dream"Following his reading in Steinhagen, Kerstin Panhorst published on October 13th. a review of Doğan Akhanlı's novel "Madonna's Last Dream". Many thanks to the colleagues for the positive media coverage!
- Review by Martin Römpp on Amir Shaheen's "I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name"
Amir Shaheen's new book is reviewed in the 06/2020 issue of ROCKS magazine. Many thanks to the colleagues for the kind review! - Podcast with Kurt Scharf and Mahmood Falaki
The Iranian community is currently running the project "My Values - Your Values - Our Values", which aims to create a dialogue between migrants and non-migrants. As part of this project, the "Liter(IR)ania" talks on contemporary Iranian literature will take place. We are pleased that authors from our publishing house also took part. The conversations can be listened to as a podcast: Kurt Scharf spoke here about his newly published anthology "Stop in the night until the wine" with the most beautiful Persian poetry from the twentieth... - The poem of the week from the new volume of poetry "Zwangst" by Eberhard PfleidererOn the occasion of the anniversary of the right-wing extremist attack on the synagogue in Halle, our poem of the week is "The Exception" by Eberhard Pfleiderer. With clear words, a fine sense of rhythm and a lively communication between image and text, Eberhard Pfleiderer deals with the increasing shift to the right in German society in his new volume of poetry "Zwangst". Here is the link to our Facebook page
- Eva Korhammer's review of Inge Buck's "Corona Diary"
“The general becomes visible in the most individual things,” Adorno tells us. He would have appreciated, possibly used, Inge Buck's handcrafted armor against an invisible foe." It is almost expected of authors who are alive, their contribution to the pandemic that determines our present. It is not surprising that Inge Buck has also pricked up her ears, since she has long been crossing borders with her texts and offers approaches for understanding. Corona Diary is also about Inge Buck's most recent work, and his from the… - Bilingual poetry by Widad Nabi published
A year ago, Widad Nabi's volume of poetry "Shortly before thirty, ... kiss me" was published by Sujet Verlag. We liked it so much that we have now published it again, this time as a bilingual edition with the Arabic original alongside the German translation. Widad Nabi, who herself fled from Syria to Germany and writes about her experience as a fugitive and her life in Syria and Germany, is a real "rising star" of the local poetry scene. Check out the exciting interviews linked on their author page… - New short stories by Fabian Schefold with collages by Monica Schefold
Fabian Schefold's "Herr A- Arbeitsgeschichten" is a volume of humorous short stories about everyday working life. Especially on gray days like these, it's easy to smile with Fabian Schefold's observations on the absurdity of everyday working life. A senior doctor, who can only show that he has dropped out of his German studies, takes on the cases where the specialists are at a loss and a personality styling manager advises people who are looking for work on their character. When reading, one often wonders whether these professions were invented by Schefold or actually exist -... - At Bunten und binnen (09/18/20): Special observations from a woman from Bremen: The Corona diary
The work of art by Inge Buck and Gunther Gerlach, which was recently published by us, is presented in this video contribution by the colorful and binnen again in a compact and visually appealing way. It tells of the observations from a very strange time... Click here to view the colorful and internal contribution. Have lots of fun with it! - Amir Shaheen is “not a foreigner” – that's just his name | Aachen newspaper, September 10th, 2020
»These dialogues with plenty of situation comedy provoked the audience in the KuBa to constantly recurring salvos of laughter. […] The German author chose the humorous and exaggerated presentation of his autobiographical experiences instead of pointing fingers.« Silvia Jagodzinska, Aachener Nachrichten, September 10, 2020 - "Pandemic in time lapse - Inge Buck's corona diary", an article by Alexandra Knief in the WeserKurier
In the Weser-Kurier-Edition from 20.08. A positive review of Inge Buck's new publication "I'd rather die than not kiss" was published under the heading "Books in Conversation" (to our great delight!). A big thank you goes to the author! - "I'm not a foreigner, that's just my name” – Amir Shaheen in an interview with journalist Marie Veelen
"A native of Altaen on the subject of migration" - in a short interview with Marie Veele, author Amir Shaheen reveals interesting details about his new novel "I'm not a foreigner, my name is just that" to his dear readers and also comments on the currently much-discussed topics Racism and related police violence. Link to the article: https://www.come-on.de/lennetal/altena/ich-kein-auslaender-heisse-autor-amir-shaheen-berichtet-ueber-sein-neues-buch-thema-migration-13819258. html - "Forough Farrochsād, poetess of protest” – An article by Nina Abassi in humanistic! magazine
Today we would like to draw your attention to a thought-provoking article that appeared some time ago in the humanistic! magazine (issue 02/2020). Forugh Farrochsād, of whom we published German translations of her poems in 2018, is described here as Iran's most important modern poet. Her work ruthlessly holds up a mirror to the society of her country of origin, breaking a number of taboos in the process. The article reminds us in detail of the life story of a brave and at the same time very tragic figure in Iranian literary history. Published by Forough Farrochsād in Sujet Verlag:… - Widad Nabi on the ZDF authors' stage of aspects
We are proud of the television report with and about our author Widad Nabi on ZDF. Congratulations! Shortly before thirty, ...kiss me by Widad Nabi, translated from Arabic by Suleman Taufiq, 2019, with us at Sujet Verlag. https://www.zdf.de/kultur/instrumente/widad-nabi-kurz-vor-dreissig-kuess-mich-100.html?fbclid=IwAR2Psvuev96QPSn8cfthqnOCx6YwVOtsR1ElIWzgKAmE0ba9HmgO85_yVeQ - "violence against women. Some did not survive” – An article by Widad Nabi in “Zeit Online”“Violence against women is often attributed to the culture around them. This is wrong: it results from poverty, a lack of education and the colonial legacy.” https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2020–04/power-against-women-naher-osten-europa-frauenbild?fbclid=IwAR10f0siN-VTyD7RBBq5xOZaK5kvW6KvkPhWOsnIwUeB-J25HPRif-8L9vk
- What Corona means for the people of Iran - An essay by Fariba VafiOn Sunday, April 19, 2020, the Tagesspiegel published an essay by our author Fariba Vafi on the current situation in Iran entitled "We never believe what we hear". A pathological distrust is eating up Iran's society from the inside out at least as much as the corona virus from the outside. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/was-corona-fuer-die-menschen-im-iran-bedeutet-wir-glauben-nie-was-wir-hoeren/25750076.html In German, Vafi recently published the Novels "Tarlan" and "The Dream of Tibet" with us at Sujet Verlag. Born in 1963 in the province of East Azerbaijan in Iran and now based in Tehran, Fariba Vafi is one of the…
- New review and radio commentary - "One week, one life" by Nassir Djafari
We are happy! Yesterday the WDR published an extremely positive review of Djafari's debut novel "One Week, One Life". Journalist and author Ulrich Noller writes: "It sounds a lot like "literature with a migration background", and it's also largely true, but for Nassir Djafari this factor only plays a role in a homeopathic dose: He was born in Iran in 1952 and has lived in Iran since 1957 Germany. Nassir Djafari is an economist, he has dedicated his professional life to development work, has published in this context and also scientifically, but so far… - Interview with Suleman Taufiq in the Weser-KurierThe Weser-Kurier interview with the author and translator Suleman Taufiq was published in yesterday's issue of the Weser-Kurier and provides an interesting insight into the work on two wonderful works and Wise, the story of a demolition excavator who would much rather build than destroy, and was translated into German by Suleman Taufiq. It is now available in two languages. "Josef's Birthday" is the new short story collection by Suleman Taufiq, which deals with humor and…
- Widad Nabi returns to VogueVogue published an online article with book tips in the spring – these tips also include the volume of poetry “Shortly before thirty, … kiss me” by our author Widad Nabi! We are proud and delighted that Widad Nabi has once again been recognized by Vogue. Here is the book
- New article by Ramy Al-AsheqAn interesting article by Ramy Al-Asheq about the cultural cleansing in Syria appeared in the NZZ. Here is an excerpt for you: There are still writers who have stayed in the country; they live in the regions controlled by the Asad regime. Power cuts are part of their everyday life, the rising cost of living is just as difficult for them as the dwindling freedom and the feeling of being at the mercy of the security forces more than ever. Some hope for a chance to flee – "to exile, wherever...
- Just arrived (from the press): Gunther Gerlach's new work "Lichter, die aus Schatten"!
Just arrived (from the press): the book copies of Gunther Gerlach's new work "Lichter, die aus Schatten steige"! Here is one of the poems as a small foretaste: “I will lead a lawsuit against sadness. My accusers will be: A glimpse into the pockets of power and the unripe fruit that the tree dropped will bear witness, in this, this one moment. And he has no doubts about his innocence when we sew up fearful voices. But the pain flees, it dives under the disease... - "I would love to be a cement mixer”In spring 2020 we will have a wonderful new book !! "I'd Love to Be a Concrete Mixer" is a children's book by Hussain Al-Moutawaa in Arabic. We had this great story translated by Suleman Taufiq and will be publishing our bilingual (German-Arabic) edition soon. Here is a small excerpt from the text: "Haddam is a digger about your age. When you look at him, you immediately notice how friendly and sweet he is. Haddam loves his family very much, but not the work he does. And he likes that...
- Bilingual Reading on “Night Wind”
On January 9th, 2020, a bilingual reading with Inge Buck and Madjid Mohit took place in the Sattler bookshop. Inge Buck read from her volume of poems Nachwind, which contains poems about the rhythm of the seasons and their imperceptible loss. In addition, Madjid Mohit presented some of his translations of the texts into Persian. Multilingualism was then the subject of a discussion on literature and the importance of translation for it. There was also musical accompaniment by guitar and vocals by Mohit. Thank you to everyone involved for the… - Interview mit Doğan Akhanlı
An interesting interview by Gerrit Wustmann with Doğan Akhanlı has appeared on Qantara.de. The two not only talk about the historical background of "Madonna's Last Dream", but also about the political significance of the novel and its reception in Turkey as well as the current political situation there. Themes that arise are guilt, innocence and looking the other way; today as then, here and in Turkey. Here's the interview! - Reading for the special edition Lothar Bührmann
We dedicated the evening of December 17, 2019 to the Bremen artist Lothar Bührmann, who died in August of this year. A reading with Inge Buck, Cornelius Kopffinke, Rudolph Bauer and Madjid Mohit took place in the Villa Ichon. Not only poems illustrated by Lothar Bührmann were read, but also texts by and about him. In addition, there was musical accompaniment by Majid Mohit. The poems that have been read can be found in the special edition "Lothar Bührmann in Words and Pictures" which will be available in October… - Premiere of the Lyrikkalenders 2020
On December 10, 2019, there was a surprisingly different reading in the Franz Leuwer bookshop. Texts for each month were read by four of the calendar's twenty-seven authors. Inge Buck, Elke Marion Weiß, Gunther Gerlach and Matthias Groll took part. Everyone read their own as well as other people's texts. An exception was made by Gunther Gerlach, who, to make things exciting, announced that anyone who wanted to hear his text would have to buy the calendar themselves. There was also musical accompaniment by Madjid Mohit. Many thanks to… - Widad Nabi in the Vogue
Widad Nabi has appeared in the January issue of Vogue with her book of poems "Shortly before thirty, ... kiss me"! And we at Sujet Verlag are incredibly proud!!! This issue is about the future visions of women for radical equality and solidarity. Annett Gröschner writes about Nabi's texts: "In them she sings about the freedom of women who love who and what they like, who rebel and oppose war with nothing but their bodies and their language." Beautiful photos by the author are also included.… - Habib Tengour and Redouane Belakhdar in Bremen
On December 5th there was a bilingual event with Habib Tengour and Redouane Belakhdar at the Instiut francais Bremen. Tengour read in French from his book "The Old Man from the Mountains" and there was an exciting contribution on the relationship between literature and politics as well as on the current political situation in Algeria from Belakhdar. - Reading and discussion with Salem KhalfaniOn September 25, some excerpts from the book "The First Days of the World" were read alternately by Angelika Sinn and the author, Salem Khalfani, in the Storm bookstore. This was followed by an interesting conversation about highly topical issues such as writing in the second language, identity, belonging and philosophical reflections on various themes that emerge in the book. Many thanks to all participants and guests for this great reading!
- New release “Poetry Calendar 2020”Our new poetry calendar will be released on October 1st! A calendar with a fascinating combination of text and images Finally it's here! Our poetry calendar will be available from October 1st. The biweekly calendar contains twenty-seven wonderful poems by our authors. We have selected a selection of the most beautiful poems that we have published. It was a difficult process as we all value our works very much. The authors are: Eberhard Pfleiderer, Suleman Taufiq, Ahmad Schamlu, Elke Marion Weiß, Maya Abu Al Hayyat, Forugh Farrochsad, Gerrit...
- "Reflection came after writing” – Doğan AkhanlıIt was a great honor for us to welcome Doğan Akhanlı to Bremen yesterday! Not only with excerpts from his novel "Madonna's Last Dream", but also with stories and anecdotes from his personal life, he fascinated us and moved us deeply.
- Poetry in memory and present - Funun Festival 2019Under the title "Poetry in memory and present", the two Syrian authors Ramy Al-Asheq (memory dogs) and Widad Nabi (about thirty, ...kiss me) read from their works for us last Thursday as part of the Funun Festival. The evening was moderated by Jasmina Heritani, with Aladdin Haddad providing the musical accompaniment. The poems were recited in two languages, Arabic and German. Afterwards there was an exciting conversation with the audience about the personal experiences of the two poets with their old and new home,…
- Poetry in the living room of Sujet VerlagAs part of "Bremen reads!" Last Friday we had a really comfortable time at our publishing house. Shirin Nowrousian, Inge Buck and Gunther Gerlach read from their lyrical works. The publisher Madjid Mohit sat with them on the sofa, did the Persian translation of some of the poems and provided musical interludes in between. In this compilation, very different styles, tones, rhythms and languages, music and lyrics met and resulted in a completely new sound. The living room was full. It was a mixed bag...
- Doğan Akhanlı in Weimar – and Bremen!Doğan Akhanlı, author of "Madonna's Last Dream", is many things: winner of the Goethe Medal 2019, Turkish descent, German citizen, political activist, armed only with the word. Also, he travels a lot these days. He has experienced and suffered a lot and has a lot to say.
- Kurt Scharf, Antology: Hold Out In The Night Until Wine
The poets in this collection reached their peak in the heyday of modern Persian poetry. At that time, the artistic will of the Iranians concentrated on poetry in a way that we can hardly imagine, and in a pre-modern society that meant verse. These poets enjoyed incredible prestige and success. They determined the intellectual climate of the time This period began in a period of only a few years without strict censorship in 1941 after the accession of the last Shah. As… - Hot off the press: Madonna's last dream!
The joy is huge! The freshly printed copies of the book "Madonna's Last Dream" by Doğan Akhanlı have just reached us here at the publishing house. We're thrilled to finally be able to hold it in our hands - now we're excited to share the story with you. - Doğan Akhanlı im Interview mit dem WDRDoğan Akhanlı was a guest at WDR to mark the forthcoming awarding of the Goethe Medal. The conversation was about his personal past, Goethe and his influence. intercultural and international dialogue and Germany as a space for historical reflection and dialogue. The conversation also touched on the work Madonna's last dream, which was published for the first time in German on August 15th. The book, which among other things deals with the refugee ship 'Struma', is frighteningly topical today. The interview can be found here in the WDR media library:…
- Inge Buck's introduction to the book premiere of The Birds Return
Inge Buck gave the visitors of the book premiere of Jürg Beeler's new volume of poetry "The Birds Return" a wonderful introduction to the author's work. Here you will find a copy of the prelude to a great reading: After his last volume of poetry "In Fremdenzimmer" from Zurich's Wolfbach Verlag, new poems by Jürg Beeler have now been published by Bremen's Sujet Verlag under the title "Die Vogele zurück" (The Birds Are Returning). Jürg Beeler, born in Zurich in 1957, studied German, literary criticism and comparative literature at the Universities of Geneva, Zurich and Tübingen.… - New article on Inge Buck's "Night Wind"
We are happy about a wonderful report in the Weser Kurier about Inge Buck's new book of poetry "Nachtwind"! Weser courier Inge Buck 05/16/2019 - New Review – “Memory Dogs” by Ramy Al-Asheq
The NZZ am Sonntag writes about the recently published volume of poetry “Gedächtnishunde” by Ramy Al-Asheq: “The war in Syria has spread Arabic poetry all over the world. Ramy Al-Asheq (*1989) is one of the countless people who had to flee in 2011 after the suppressed protest against Bashar al-Asad. Now he lives and writes poetry in Germany and forms beguilingly unwieldy language pictures from the devastation of war and the injuries of love. In the eponymous poem “Memory Dogs”, The War in Syria spread Arabic poetry all over the world… - New Release "The Old Man from the Mountain" - Habib Tengour
Just arrived from the printing press: "The Old Man from the Mountains" by Habib Tengour! He is considered "one of the most powerful and imaginative poetic voices of the post-colonial francophone Maghreb" (Pierre Joris). In an equally visionary manner, Habib Tengour takes up topics in his books that only come into the media focus years later. In Old von Berge, which he writes between 1977 and 1981, he traces religious totalitarianism, asks about the responsibility of intellectuals in the face of war, corruption and ideological hardening, the suitability of religion, science, politics... - New release "Nachtwind" - Inge Buck
The wait is finally over! We are very pleased to announce that Inge Buck's new volume of poetry, Nachtwind, has recently been published here by Sujet Verlag. Here you can get a little foretaste: Fresh snow A lot is not good, but that the fresh snow covers everything for one afternoon one evening one night The poetic miniatures are congenially accompanied by the minimalistic cartoons by Lothar Bührmann. The book premiere will take place on May 16 in the Leuwer bookstore. Look forward to… - Re-Release "The First Days of the World" - Salem Khalfani
We are happy about the release of Salem Khalfani's new novel “The First Days of the World”. In it, the protagonist reports retrospectively how he found his first love in the teacher Leili as a fourth-grade student. He only becomes aware of the transitoriness of time after the long summer holidays have begun and Leili then leaves the village school forever. But he can't forget his first love. He writes (love) letters to the address of her house in Tehran several times, without… - New review of "Ella and Max and the Singing Butterflies"
The Weser-Kurier writes about the recently published youth novel “Ella and Max and the Singing Butterflies” by Monika Dietrich-Lüders: “The 13-year-old investigative duo involuntarily finds itself faced with a new case. "Ella and Max and the Singing Butterflies" is the second children's crime novel by Monika Dietrich-Lüders. While the two friends, who have known each other since first grade, only had to deal with a strange classmate in "On the Trail of the Voodoo Magician", here they meet a whole group of strange people whose peculiarities are mainly due to prejudices... - Readings "Ella and Max..." - Monika Dietrich-Lüders
We look forward to numerous readings for children and young people by Monika Dietrich-Lüders with her new book "Ella and Max and the Singing Butterflies"! Ella and Max, two thirteen-year-old school friends, are spending a week at a summer camp in the Alps. In the nearby small town, a tourist was attacked and seriously injured during a folk festival. A young man who disappeared at the same time is suspected. He is said to have fled to the mountains. But Ella and Max soon doubt his guilt,… - Book premiere "Ella and Max..." with Monika Dietrich-Lüders
On May 2nd, 2019 the book premiere of the new novel by Monika Dietrich-Lüders, "Ella and Max and the singing butterflies", took place in the Franz Leuwer bookshop. After the author read excerpts from the serialized novel, there was an open question and answer session with all the guests. After “Ella and Max – On the Trail of Voodoo Magic” the sequel to the young adult novel is now also available from Sujet Verlag. Here are some impressions from the event: - New release "Ella and Max ... and the singing butterflies" - Monika Dietrich-LüdersWe are happy about the release of the sequel to "Ella und Max..." by Monika Dietrich-Lüders! "Ella and Max...and the singing butterflies" arrived here at Sujet Verlag today. In it, the two friends spend a week at a holiday camp in the Alps, solve the mystery of a robbery and uncover long-kept secrets.
- New publication “Stolpersteine in Bremen. Searching for Biographical Traces – Findorff/Walle/Gröpelingen” – Peter Christoffersen, Barbara Johr
The fifth volume in the Stolpersteine in Bremen series arrived here at Sujet Verlag today. The culturally and historically very valuable project has been dealing with the fate of Bremen's Nazi victims since 2004. This volume deals with the districts of Findorff, Walle and Gröpelingen. - Re-release We Speak Persian III - Mahmood Falaki
Persian can be learned again! The third volume in the series We speak Persian by Mahmood Falaki arrived at Sujet Verlag today. Ideal for anyone who would like to further deepen their knowledge of the Persian language. - Re-Release "Nearing Thirty, ... Kiss Me" - Widad Nabi
Good news! The new volume of poetry Shortly before thirty, ... kiss me by the successful author Widad Nabi arrived here at Sujet Verlag today. Wonderful texts await you! First of all, there is a little foretaste: I bring up mourning in the empty flower pots on my balcony. The green has left my home since the last cry of a starving child in my country. Translation from Arabic by Suleman Taufiq. - Ramy Al-Asheq and Widad Nabi during the Leipzig Book Fair 2019
The author of "Gedächtnishunde" will be active during the Leipzig Book Fair. On March 21, 2019, Asheq will be part of the poetry night at "Noch Besser Leben" (Merseburger Str. 25), which starts at 9 p.m. Two days later, on March 23, he will lead a panel discussion with the author Widad Nabi as part of the project "Next Writing" at the book fair and address the question of how authors from crisis areas can write in Germany and on the German book market are perceived and how they are perceived... - Nahid Keshavarz war in Köln
On March 7th, a reading with Nahid Keshavarz and her book "Refugee Café" took place in the Allerweltshaus (Cologne). There was reading in Farsi and in German. The audience was then involved in the organization of the evening through an open discussion. Here are some excerpts from the event: Flüchtlingscafé was published in German in 2018 by Sujet Verlag. - Madjid Mohit in Action
Madjid Mohit was on Thursday, March 7th, 2019 in Hildesheim at the reading of Berzan Kejo, the author of "Ro Jîn - Sun of Life". Mohit announced the authors in an opening speech. He also introduced the term "aerial root literature". He thanks for the stimulating conversations at the well-attended event that took place in the "Ameis Buchecke" (Goschenstrasse 29). - Re-release "Memory Dogs" - Ramy Al-AsheqThe wait is finally over! We are very pleased to announce that Ramy Al-Asheq's new volume of poetry, Memory Dogs, has recently been published here by Sujet Verlag. Here's a little taste: I loved a city that made my stomach hurt Brought memories that forgot me Befriended me and aged My songs left me to rust To this day I haven't learned how to raise love In this context, we would like to point out to all those interested…
- Amir Shaheen back in Altena
The poetry award winner Amir Shaheen is back in his home country. In Altena he presented his new volume of poetry "Light traces residual light" in the form of a reading. You can find a press article about the reading here. - April 2019: New release "Nachtwind" - Inge Buck
We are pleased to announce that Inge Buck's new volume of poetry "Nachtwind" will be released next April! A little sample first: A summer's day Waiting until the sun comes out from behind the clouds and the blue of the sky can be seen, sitting in the sun and waiting for nothing more when the noise of an airplane has receded... The poems are accompanied by illustrations by Lothar Bührmann . - New release "The birds are returning" - Jürg Beeler
Not only is spring returning soon, but so are the birds. Jürg Beeler's new volume of poetry The Birds Return is in the starting blocks. Here's a little foretaste: RITORNELL the birches the quiet and bright lines of rivers and meadows as if autumn or spring could begin again but the doors are loud and quiet but the windows in summer and winter are opening and closing from cold hands - Re-Release "Remaining Light Traces" - Amir Shaheen
It's finally here! We are very happy to hold the great volume of poetry by the poetry award winner Amir Shaheen in our hands. Divided into three groups, Leuchtspuren Restlicht brings together around sixty poems, including the poem “Sediment” for the first time in a book, for which Shaheen was awarded the postpoetry.nrw prize in November 2018. Here is the book. - Amir Shaheen in Bonn
The poetry award winners Amir Shaheen and Lea Weiß held a reading at the Elisabeth Selbert Comprehensive School, where they also answered questions about their writing process, such as the duration of a work's development. The Generalanzeiger Bonn reported. - Amir Shaheen brings "Sediment".
The newspaper in his home town of Altena reported enthusiastically and enthusiastically about Amir Shaheen's forthcoming volume of poetry "Light traces Restlicht". He will be reading there on March 1st and we too can hardly wait and are happy that Amir Shaheen will be reading in Bremen on February 14th. Click here for the full article about Amir Shaheen. - New review – “Refugee Cafe” by Nahid Keshavarz
There is also a nice review of the 2018 book “Refugee Café” by Nahid Keshavarz. “The journalist and psychologist Nahid Keshavarz, who has lived in Germany for 30 years, works as a psychological consultant and manager of a refugee center in Cologne. In this anthology, translated into German by Monika Matzke, a collection of thirteen stories about people with a migration background and a refugee experience, she describes life in the new homeland and the difficulties of arriving in a new society with different values and norms. In the… - Impressions of the Diversity Prize
We would also like to give a small impression to those who were unable to attend the award ceremony. Here are a few pictures. - Inge Buck – Laudatory speech at the award ceremony
We didn't want to withhold this wonderful laudatory speech by Inge Buck on Madjid Mohit for honoring him as a diversity personality in 2018! Here she is. [YUMPU epaper_id=”36” width=”512” height=”384”] - Presentation of the Diversity Prize 2018
Here is a short film with impressions and highlights of this year's diversity award ceremony in the Bremen City Hall, where our publishing house founder Madjid Mohit won the "Diversity Personality" award! - Bremen Diversity Prize 2018 – publishing house founder Madjid Mohit honored with diversity personalityWe are very pleased that our founder Madjid Mohit was honored with the Bremen Diversity Prize 2018! At the award ceremony on December 10, 2018, "the gardener of aerial roots" was honored as a diversity personality 2018. The prize is awarded to companies, organizations, as well as initiatives and personalities who are committed to diversity and equal opportunities in a special way. When Madjid Mohit looks up from his desk, he sees a large picture of a suspension bridge in a tropical forest. She looks shaky, her end is not clearly recognizable, veil of fog...
- "War of Memories” – Review by Henning Bleyl
Heinrich Böll wrote in 1948: "We were born to remember. Our task is not to forget, but to remember.” In 2017 Jörg Wollenberg published his opus summum “War of Memories: From Ahrensbök via New York to Auschwitz and back”. Prof. Dr. Jörg Wollenberg has worked as a historian and adult educator at the University of Bremen and as director of the adult education centers in Bielefeld and Nuremberg. He is still highly active as a publicist and editor of magazines and edition projects. “War of Memories”, published by Sujet-Verlag, includes… - Widad Nabi – Contribution to 3sat in “Kulturzeit” & Article in "Literary News"
We are pleased about 3sat's contribution to "Kulturzeit" about the author Widad Nabi, whose volume of poetry "kurz vor Thirty, Kiss Me", which was translated by Suleman Taufiq, will be published by Sujet Verlag next year! The article introduces Widad Nabi and she talks about the often difficult life in Aleppo. War is one of the main themes she writes about in her poems and works. Be sure to check out the post - it's worth it! Here you come... - "The Dream of Tibet” – New review by Cornelia Jetter
"Highly Recommended"!!! We are happy about a new, great review about Fariba Vafi's novel, which was published here in September 2018! Here is the review by Cornelia Jetter from the EKZ. Bibliotheksservice on Fariba Vafi's work "The Dream of Tibet": "For the Iranian nurse Scholeh, a world collapses when Mehrdad, her great love, enters into an arranged marriage. Her pain is overwhelming, without zest for life she vacillates between jealousy, hatred and exhaustion. How much better off is Scholeh's sister Shiva, who is married to Javid and has two... - Gerrit Wustmann – Article “Anti-Poison Cabinet”
In this article by Gerrit Wustmann, anyone who wants to learn more about Islam can gain insight. Due to Wustmann's extensive knowledge based on studies in the field of Islamic studies, the reader has the opportunity to get into the topic of "Islam" with the help of book recommendations. Among all the wonderful recommendations, we are very pleased that the non-fiction book "Violence and Islam" by Adonis, which was published here by Sujet Verlag, is also among the book recommendations. Definitely worth reading the article... - "The Dream of Tibet” – new review by Gerrit WustmannHere is Fixpoetry's review of Fariba Vafi's The Dream of Tibet: “Fariba Vafi celebrates the soft tones in a highly original way – such as by writing the entire novel in the you form. He is the conversation that Scholeh is having in her mind with her sister. As formally ambitious as it is, it works, everything naturally fits together into a panorama of human weaknesses and insecurities and into the eternal war of the sexes, which is usually fought out rather quietly and subtly and yet with...
- Mahmood Falaki in Stuhr - Article Weser-Kurier (Regional Review)
After Mahmood Falaki on Thursday September 13th in the Ev. parish of Stuhr read from his novel "Deadly Strangers", we don't want to withhold the article from you! You can access the article HERE! - Interview with Mahmood Falaki – Weser-Kurier
It is with great pleasure that we show you the Weser-Kurier interview with Mahmood Falaki, in which he talks about his work "Deadly Strangers" and his literary work in general. “A lot has to be improved. But as long as the rationalization process of modernity, which stands in fundamental contrast to the closed religious world view of this society, cannot gain a foothold there, one must not speak of 'improvement'." You can find the entire interview HERE! - Poetry award for Amir Shaheen!It is with great pleasure that we can report that the author and editor Amir Shaheen has won a poetry prize from postpoetry.NRW with his poem "Sediment"! We warmly congratulate Amir on this award and look forward to continuing our great cooperation. On September 6, 2018, this year's "Lyriker NRW" jury met in the Literaturhaus Bonn and honored five winners. You can find the article on the pospoetryNRW website
- Mitra Gaast at Bremen Two! (radio report)
At the start of our series of events "Journeys into Literature - Iranian Evenings", the author Mitra Gaast of the novel "Because you will remember" visited Bremen Zwei and talked to Marion Cotta about her work before she went to the bookstore in the evening Leuwer will hold a reading. We are very happy that Mitra Gaaast is with us and can show the audience something of her novel! Here you can listen to the recording from Tuesday, September 4th, 2018:… - Pegah Ahmadi at the Frankfurt Book Fair!
We are very happy to announce that Pegah Ahmadi will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year! She will discuss with other authors as part of the panel discussion “Exile – Hopes and Obstacles” (DE/ENG). The event will take place on Friday, October 12, 2018 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the stage (Hall 4.1 B 81). All information can be found HERE! - "Little Book of Migrations” – new review by Barbara Zeizinger
In a great review, Barbara Zeizinger describes how Pedro Kadivar's "Little Book of Migrations" persuaded her to see the subject with new eyes: "This sentence by Peter Handke came to me while reading Pedro Kadivar's book, because I – to paraphrase Handke – shows previously unthought of aspects of migration. In contrast to today's connotations, Pedro Kadivar has a positive attitude towards the term migration, fanning it out widely in order to describe its various aspects based on biographies, art and… - "Madame LaFrance” – New review by Gerrit Wustmann
Gerrit Wustmann describes Maisa Bey's "poetically disturbing" novel "Madame LaFrance" as a "history lesson in novel form". You can find the full review here. - "Because you will remember” – New review by Jens Drummer
This month's issue of German Teachers Abroad contains a review by Jens Drummer of Mitra Gaast's novel Denn du wird mir mir. Return to Tehran” published. Drummer analyzes the novel with empathy and enthusiasm, even though as a mathematics, computer science and physics teacher he actually tends to review specialist literature. After his own trip to Iran, however, the country would not let him go and he satisfied his wanderlust with Gaast's novel. Thank you for this great review! You can find the full review here.… - "Night Birds” – New review by Gerrit Wustmann
"Having a Rolling Stones song [Gimme Shelter] as the climax of the novel and the binding element not only between the protagonists but also between them and their quest for shelter is more than a tongue-in-cheek nod to the universal language of music. ” A slightly different review by Gerrit Wustmann can be found in the June issue of Rocks magazine. There Wustmann analyzes the strong topicality of the novel set in 1992 and deals with the solidarity among refugees and helpers, who also… - "Some topics only in German” – a report on Mahmood Falaki's reading by Matthias Holthaus
On June 11, Matthias Holthaus reported in the Weser Kurier about Mahmood Falaki's book premiere, which took place on June 6 at the Villa Ichon in Bremen. An exciting recap of the reading, which allows everyone who could not be there to get an impression of the event. You can find the entire article here. Source: Matthias Holthaus, Weser-Kurier/ Bremer Nachrichten, June 11, 2017 - "Deadly Strangers” – New review by Wolfgang Schlott!"A novel, then, that not only has an important bridging function between Western Europe and the Middle East, but is also exciting reading for all those who are amused by the Deadly Stranger, enjoy the lively dialogues and the hilarious descriptions of the everyday world of people in the Strangers have arrived,” says Wolfgang Schlott, who reviews Mahmood Falaki's new novel in his review at tabularasa. You can find the full review here.
- "Madame LaFrance” – review by Birgit Agada
"An outstanding document, definitely worth reading." Birgit Agada reviewed the novel "Madame LaFrance" by Maisa Bey with great emotion and enthusiasm. You can find her full opinion on the novel, which tells the story of Algeria during the French colonial rule in a poetic way, here: http://afarab.blogspot.de/2018/05/rezension-madame-lafrance.html - Deadly Strangers – Review by Gerrit Wustmann"Deadly Strangers" thus becomes the ambiguous title of a highly contemporary novel that addresses the issues that are being debated everywhere from the perspective of those affected." This is how Gerrit Wustmann feels about Mahmood Falaki's new novel, which he reviews at FixPoetry. You can read the whole review of the exciting (and occasionally strange) novel here: https://www.fixpoetry.com/feuilleton/kritik/mahmood-falaki/toedliche-fremde
- Guest commentary by Inge Buck: Bremen's literary landscape
A guest commentary by our author Inge Buck on Bremen's literary landscape was published today in the WeserKurier. In this comment, she also praises Sujet Verlag in the highest tones. We thank Inge Buck for her constant support and commitment! Here is the link to the view: Here - Börsenblatt newspaper interview with Madjid Mohit
The Börsenblatt, a popular trade journal for the German book trade, recently conducted an interesting interview with subject publisher Madjid Mohit. This conversation deals with the challenges for authors in exile and beyond that with the importance of aerial root literature, which brings the positive sides of migration, especially cultural enrichment, into focus. The interview also discusses the growing importance of migrant literature in the German-language literary scene, from which Sujet Verlag also benefits. From the point of view that Mohit had first-hand experience of migration,… - ‚Art of Words' – Interview in Z‑Magazine
An interview with the poets Inge Buck and Gianna Lange and with Madjid Mohit has been published in Z-Magazin, the magazine for Bremen's urban culture, under the title "Art of Words". The article revolves around the topic of poetry. The interviewees discuss the value of poetry as a print medium vs. digital medium, explain the advantages and disadvantages of poetry compared to prose, explain the differences between Persian and German poetry and, above all, discuss how the Bremen poetry scene is structured and what opportunities for support and exchange are available ... - ‚Your spark sits in the shadow' – Contribution by Gerrit Wustmann to 'Jene Tage'
In Signaturen-Magazine, the Internet forum for autonomous poetry, Gerrit Wustmann has published a nice review of our special edition of 'Jene Tage'. It was published by Sujet Verlag in October 2017 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the Iranian poetic legend Forugh Farrochsād. You can find the whole article here: http://www.signaturen-magazin.de/forugh-farrochs‑d–jene-tage—sonder issue.html - Reviews of Jörg Wollenberg's 'War of Memories' and 'The Other Memory'
To enlarge the articles simply click on the corresponding links under the respective article! review-in-mitteilungen-edited review-new-germany - Inge Buck among the 10 best-known writers from Bremen
On June 4th, 2017, the Weserkurier published a list of the 10 best-known writers from Bremen. In addition to Julia Engelmann, who became known for her poetry slam hit "One Day, Baby", and David Safier, author of several well-known books such as Bad Karma and Jesus Loves Me, the top 10 also includes Inge Buck, who has already published several works with Sujet Verlag. We are very happy about this appreciation of our author! Here is the text about Inge Buck: Since the 1970s in Bremen,… - Interview with Abdelkader Djemaï - "The Last Night of the Emir"
In this interview we chat with Abdelkader Djemai about his novel The Emir's Last Night, the meaning of the work and the lessons we as readers can learn from reading it. Subject: What inspired you to write the book The Emir's Last Night? Djemaï: For a long time I have wanted to write a book woven from fiction and history about this great founder of the first Algerian state. It was, if only subliminally, in some of my publications - such as... - The Sujet Verlag was honored with the Hermann Kesten Prize
Sujet Verlag is delighted that its founder Madjid Mohit has been honored with the renowned Hermann-Kesten Prize for his "continuous and impressive work for authors who do not live in their home country". We are delighted with the numerous positive responses from supporters of the publishing house and are now turning our attention to an exciting new chapter in aerial root literature.
