Gerrit Wustmann: World Literature Activist

In an interview with UnterEins, Gerrit Wustmann talks about why "world literature" often only means "Western literature", who is to blame and what can be done about it. An interview worth reading that makes you think: Here is a small excerpt from the interview: Your book says: Whenever “world literature” is mentioned somewhere, for example in university lectures or on lists of the best, it is mostly about Western literature: European and Anglo-Saxon books. Perhaps some of you are also wondering: Is it enough? Why do we absolutely have to read Arabic literature, for example? what do you say

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08.12.2022

Nassir Djafaris “Mahtab” im taz and hr2

For a new article in the taz, Nassir Djafari met Shirin Sojitrawalla in Frankfurt's Palmengarten to talk about himself and his book "Mahtab". Here's a little foretaste: “Djafari tells the story exclusively from Mahtob's perspective. He modeled it on his own mother, he says in an interview. It's not her biography, but she is similar in type to her: reserved and quiet. Her husband Amin also reminds a little of his own father. He is a very

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17.11.2022

Review Frankfurt Book Fair 2022

This year's Frankfurt Book Fair is over and even though we weren't there as an exhibitor this year, we were there. There we collected a lot of impressions, had discussions and attended events. Of course, the trade fair was all about this year's guest country Spain. We are also suitably equipped: Our new volume of poetry “Prophecy according to nature” by Juan Andrés GarcÍa Román was translated into German by Piero Salabè, but the original Spanish texts were not removed. So you can find on everyone

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26.10.2022

Column by Mahmood Falaki: sentence turn

Mahmood Falaki has written a column for the Bremen literature magazine entitled “No man's language of exile literature”. Here he summarizes in an emotional and poetic way the “four phases” of the exiled writers. He describes the second phase as follows:

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14.06.2022

The Sujet Verlag at the ADIBF 2022

Sujet Verlag is taking part in the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2022 this year and is presenting its profile with a colorful and hand-picked portfolio of children's books, novels and poetry at the joint stand of the German exhibitors.

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18.05.2022

Article 'Writing under pressure'

"The others, the serious poets, pay a high price for their independence, namely that of a constant threat from the state. 'Let's cry at a grave / in which / there is still no dead', writes Shahin Mansouri Arani, who was born in 1960, in her poem 'Knives': 'Sharper knives / are already on the way.' ” ‑Kersten Knipp, DW

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24.01.2022

New review of 'Desert or Sea'

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:

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19.01.2022

New review of 'Purple Girl'

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':

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19.01.2022

Intermediate interview with Nassir Djafari

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

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19.01.2022

Podcast from FMIK e.V. on 'Those Days'

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.

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19.01.2022

Maryam Aras Book Review of Fariba Vafi's "To the Rain"

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

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13.12.2021

Review by Sabine Kleyboldt on Jabbar Abdullah's "Raqqa am Rhein"

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

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23.08.2021

Volume 2 of our Persian poetry anthology is here!

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

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14.07.2021

The Sujet Verlag on Deutschlandradio

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!

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07.04.2021

Podcast from the Literaturhaus Bremen

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!

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07.04.2021

Our March release is here!

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.

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24.03.2021

March 20, 2021 is Indiebookday!

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

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19.03.2021

Our February releases are here!

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.

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23.02.2021

Fabian Schefold in the Weser Kurier

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".

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16.02.2021

Online reading of the volume of poetry “Gläserne Fehde” by Schirin Nowrousian – Bremer BuchPremiere (BBP)

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

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11.02.2021

Pedro Kadivar and Suleman Taufiq in speech

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

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08.02.2021