Lilian Pithan
Biography
Lilian Pithan studied general and comparative literature, Romance studies and English studies in Tübingen and Paris. Since 2013 she has been working as a freelance journalist in Berlin, where she manages projects on intercultural and graphic journalism. She also translates journalistic and literary texts from French and English into German. She is co-founder and editor of the German-Arab culture magazineFANN and curator of the Arab-German Literature Days Berlin. She translates the poetry of Ramy Al-Asheq into German in close cooperation with the author.
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memory dogs
The eponymous memory dogs carry memories into memory and thus back into the present. Memories steeped in war, pain and aching love are reanimated by the metaphorical four-legged friends, making them a constant companion in the future. Just as the experiences can no longer be ascribed to any time, the tenses used become diffuse. In his book of poems, Ramy Al-Asheq wanders from drastic images of war to past love affairs.
"The perspectives crunch and the images that Ramy Al-Asheq finds allow the scandal of the simultaneity of war and peace to be experienced.” (Monika Rink)
The poems were translated into German by Lilian Pithan
