Gerrit Wustmann has published a wonderful review of “Sankofa” on 54books.de. The deep connection between him and Doğan Akhanli can be seen in every line and is a tribute to a wonderful writer who left us far too soon. Thank you for this review, Gerrit. Writers like Doğan Akhanlı are dangerous for despots because their works and voices are the foundation of every democratic idea. That’s why they are always the first to come into fire when states turn authoritarian and anti-democratic.” The Sankofa

Thank you for the review of “Sankofa” in the Frankfurter Rundschau! Dogan Akhanli creates a broad panorama in “Sankofa”. Geographically, it extends from Anatolia to the Rhineland, chronologically from the Turkish military dictatorship of the 1980s to the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. Historical events appear here and there - the murder of the journalist Hrant Dink as well as the NSU trial. Yes, Akhanli experienced the political oppression and active solidarity that “Sankofa” is about. However, this is neither a documentary novel

We are very pleased about Gerrit Wustmann’s review on Qantara.de of Taqi Akhlaqi’s “Understand the Germans”. There he describes very well the willingness of the Germans to welcome and support him when Taqi arrived, and which is unfortunately being lost little by little. That's exactly why books like Taqi's are so valuable, so that we never lose sight of other people. However, Taqi Akhlaqi didn't just spend the months in the middle of winter in a writing retreat. He traveled a lot, saw cities

We are really very pleased to report that a report about our publisher will appear on ZDFinfo on October 24th at 7:40 a.m. - 7:55 a.m. For those who don't want to or can't turn on the television at this time, you can watch the article at any time in the ZDFinfo media library. We would like to thank Abdul-Ahmad Rashid and his nice camera team, who had a very interesting conversation with Madjid and accompanied our everyday life at Sujet Verlag. It was an unforgettable one

We are very pleased about the positive review from Daniel from Mediennerd.de about “Sankofa”! When I picked up Sankofa by Doğan Akhanlı, I knew that a profound and emotionally charged work awaited me. Akhanlı's language is precise and forceful. He never loses himself in didactic tones, but rather lets the stories speak for themselves. In doing so, he invites us readers to ask questions that go far beyond the individual story. Especially the ability to seamlessly combine different time levels and geographical locations

We made it! Sujet Verlag was awarded the 2024 Publishing Prize! Thank you to everyone who supported us. The 2024 Publishing Prize is a great honor for us. It is not only recognition of our work, but also an incentive to continue publishing high-quality literature. We thank our authors, whose trust and creativity are the basis of our success. Our heartfelt thanks go to our translators, editors, employees and of course our readers who have been with us for years. This price is a confirmation

Dear friends of Sujet Verlag, yesterday, September 15, 2024, our publishing house turned 28 years old. We have a long journey behind us, but without the great collaboration with our authors, translators and graphic artists, editors and companions, who have been at our side since the beginning and carried us through ups and downs with their support, it would not have been possible to take this journey go. Especially in the last few weeks, which have been very difficult for us like many other small publishers, which is why we keep coming back

Last Saturday (September 7th, 2024), presenter Insa Wilke presented the recently published book “Understand the Germans” by the Afghan author Taqi Akhlaqi on her show “Heiter bis funny - Gutenberg’s World”. After a short introduction, there was a reading from Akhlaqi's book by Rosario Bona. You can listen to the reading from the program here: Click here for the entire program “Heiter bis funny - Gutenberg’s World”

A new article by Manfred Lipp was published today in the blog “From Everyday Life”. His blog post “The Night I Drowned in the Sea” contains an excerpt from Taqi Akhlaqi’s story “Someone Understand the Germans” and introduces the author and his short stories. Click here for the blog post Click here for the book

We are very pleased about Deutschlandfunk Kultur's interview with our author Taqi Akhlaqi, who was a guest on the Lesart program yesterday (August 29, 2024) and spoke about his latest book “Understand the Germans”. Please feel free to listen. Click here for the author's broadcast of his book “Understand the Germans”

We are very pleased about the positive review from Michael Braun from bv. Borromäusverein e.V.! “Djafari […] tells a nuanced, exciting and highly topical story about how two very different Persians deal with their origins and identity in the host country. The action takes place during the refugee crisis, when the welcoming culture in many places turned into criticism. At the same time, the book is a commitment to democracy and freedom. Based on these basic values, the contradictions that arise between the young asylum family and the assimilated entrepreneur cannot be resolved, but are presented in a concise and scene-accurate manner

 Dear friends! Sujet Verlag needs your support! As you may know, it is becoming increasingly difficult economically to make books. While the entire process of book production has become many times more expensive in recent years, book sales are continually declining. For small, independent publishers like ours, it's never been about making big profits - that's not even possible with such a specialized program. Our aim is to produce good literature, especially translations from it

"I wondered what we would be like 20 years later. Given the state of the world and especially our predominantly still very fed up and ignorant society, I wanted to revive the sound and spirit of that time, at the same time reflect it and give poetic expression to my feelings in a similar framework” – Amir Shaheen come-on .de publishes a new contribution to Amir Shaheen's new seventh poetry volume “Vor uns ein Horizont”. to the contribution to the volume of poetry about the author

Yesterday a new post from Manfred Lipp came out in the blog “From Everyday Life”. His blog post “The Letter” contains an excerpt from Nassir Djafari’s novel “The Great Cousin” and introduces the author and his novel. Click here for the blog post Click here for the book