A great review of Ahmed Tiab's novel Desert or Sea! ” […] the novel [is] easy to read, with a lot of situational comedy and successful dialogues. Recommended." Here is the review by Daniela Neuenfeld-Zvolsky from the EKZ library service:
We are happy about such a positive review of the book by our author Ibtisam Barakat, which was published by Sujet Verlag in 2021! Here is the review by Felicitas Maca from the EKZ library service on the children's book 'Lila Mädchen':
An interview by the Heinrich Böll Foundation 'Heimatkunde' with our author Nassir Djafari about his debut novel 'One Week, One Life', identity and origin and right-wing publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair. “Timm's attitude of denial calls into question Hamid's lifelong dream of continuing social advancement through the next generation. It is from this conflict that the story I am telling unfolds. However, the question of identity is not the focus of my novel, it always resonates in the background, as is usually the case in life.” ‑Nassir Djafari
Cymin Samawatie has made a podcast on Forough Farrochsad's work 'Those Days' for the Friends of the Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum. She talks to guests about the poet and the topicality of her texts, as well as setting her poems to music with her trio Cyminology and much more. Also included are some live recordings from the event 'Persian Poetry and Music' at the James Simon Gallery, in which Kurt Scharf reads the German translation of Farrochsad's poems and Cyminology recites some of the originals.
Maryam Aras discussed Fariba Vafi's collection of short stories "An den Regen" for 'Die Presse' and thus created a nice insight into Vafi's storytelling. Over the years we have been able to publish several works by Fariba Vafi, including her masterpiece "Der Traum von Tibet" and have always been enthusiastic about Vafi's stories and Jutta Himmelreich's wonderful translations. Have fun while reading! https://www.diepresse.com/6072724/was-trotz-zensur-erscheint
Syrian archaeologist Abdullah writes about new home in Cologne "I promise you that I will be a good refugee" by Sabine Kleyboldt, Katholische Nachrichten-Agentur The Rhine reminds Jabbar Abdullah of his childhood river: the Euphrates in Syria. That makes it all the easier for him to feel at home in Cologne. However, the way there was long, as he describes in his book. Cologne/Aleppo (KNA) "Goodbye, my Euphrates, my good friend, please stay alive, someday I hope I'll come back to you." With almost poetic words Jabbar Abdullah takes 2012
Good news! We've waited a long time, but it's finally here: the second volume of the Persian poetry anthology “A thief in the dark stares at a painting”. It can be seen as the follow-up volume to the volume of poetry "Halt aus in der Nacht bis zum Wein", which was published in 2019 and has now been published in a second edition. While the editor Kurt Scharf dedicated Volume 1 to the Persian-speaking poets of the 20th century, in Volume 2 he now turns to Ali Abdollahi
On March 30, the journalist Jens Schellhass from Deutschlandradio published a wonderful portrait of Sujet Verlag. The background and the development of the publishing house as well as the importance of aerial root literature are in the foreground. Here you will find aerial root literature aptly explained: Click me! Here you can hear the contribution!
The sujet publisher Madjid Mohit was a guest in an episode of the Literaturhaus podcast from the Literaturhaus Bremen at the beginning of March. In an interview with Felix Krause, he talks about aerial root literature, the Sujet Verlag and the potential of literature for peaceful coexistence. Here's the podcast!
We have great news: our March release "Unstopped by Kermanschah" by Maryam Djahani, translated by Isabel Stümpel, is here! We are very happy to finally be able to present the finished book to you! You can now order the book in our online shop.
March 20, 2021 is Indiebookday - the holiday of independent publishing! And on this occasion we present you a selection of our prose and poetry titles with which you can have a nice #indiebookday2021. Indiebookday is about ordering a book from an independent/small/indie publisher through a bookstore you trust on March 20th, 2021. Then you post a photo of the cover, the book, or you with the book (or whatever you like) on a social network (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat) or a blog
We're happy to announce that our February releases have just arrived!You can now enjoy "Gestalt im Schatten" by Luiz Antonio de Assis Brasil, "Anton the Pigeon Breeder" by Bernard Gotfryd and "Symphony of the Dead" by Abbas Order Maroufi in our online shop.
The Weser Kurier published an article after our online book premiere with Fabian Schefold on February 03, 2021. You can find it here: https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/stadtteile/stadtteile-bremen-mitte_artikel,-schraege-geschichten-mit-a-_arid,1959152.html With the musical support of Mars & Marbles presented his "Mr. A - Working Stories".
The Bremen book premiere (BBP) of the volume of poetry "Gläserne Fehde" by Schirin Nowrousian is now available on our YouTube channel! The author reads from her work, Heidrun Immendorf from the Bremer Literaturkontor moderates the evening. "Gläserne Fehde" was published in November 2019 by Bremer Sujet Verlag and was supposed to celebrate its premiere in March 2020. The event could not take place due to the pandemic and the second date on November 3rd, 2020 had to be canceled at short notice. The BBP was then moved online and held as a zoom reading on November 19, 2020. Bremen book premiere - one
The Iranian Community in Germany e.V. (IGD) is organizing a storytelling salon on February 18, 2021, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m of international understanding – about migration, integration and identities”. We want to talk about these and other topics with the German-Syrian writer and editor Suleman Taufiq and the Iranian theater director and author Pedro Kadivar. Kadivar, who was born in Shiraz/Iran and later emigrated to Paris, sets out in his essay “Small
On December 28th, 2020, our author Nahid Fallahi-Keshavarz read online from her anthology "Refugee Café" at the KulturForumTurkeyGermany. The conversation was chaired by Çiler Fırtına and the reading was in Farsi as well as in German translation.
Finally the time has come! The Iranian evenings, which we had to postpone twice last year, can finally be held! From February 13th to 28th, 2021 we offer you a series of online and face-to-face events on the topics of Iran, Iranian literature and culture, Persian poetry and translations. We are also particularly pleased that some of our authors and translators will be there to answer our questions... You can find the complete program here! If you are already registered for a specific event
Due to corona, the Bremen book premiere of "My Next First Word" by Magdaléna Stárková cannot be held as a face-to-face event. Alternatively, we will organize an online reading with the author on December 9th, 2020. Interested parties are welcome to contact kontakt@sujet-verlag.de.
Jörn Hildebrandt wrote a very nice review on the occasion of the Bremen book premiere of SchirinNowrousian's volume of poetry "Gläserne Fehde".
Hussain Al-Moutawaa: I would love to read up on a cement mixer at: https://www.lesen.bayern.de/9783962020569/ Review The small Sujet Verlag was founded by Madjid Mohit, who fled Iran to Germany in the early 1990s has developed into a successful model. In 2015, Mohit was awarded the PEN Hermann Kesten Prize. Mohit describes exile literature as "air roots literature" because the term exile literature is too negative for him. Mohit understands “air root literature” to mean literature that transcends borders and focuses on the enriching aspects of exile. The author of the children's book “I
"Poetics of the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979 in Salem Khalfani's novel The First Days of the World (2019)” is the title of the article in question, published in the journal “Studia Litteraria”. It can be downloaded here as a PDF file.
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 wrote about the life of Otto Polak
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!
Amir Shaheen's new book is reviewed in the 06/2020 issue of ROCKS magazine. Many thanks to the colleagues for the kind review!
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 century
On 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
"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
