Pedro Kadivar
Biography
Pedro Kadivar is a writer and theater director, was born in Shiraz, Iran, and went to Paris when he was sixteen. In 1996 he settled in Berlin, in 2002 he did his doctorate on Proust at the Humboldt University, before dedicating himself more to his work in the theater. In 2004 he traveled to Iran again for the first time. In the 2011/12 season he was Artist in Residence at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris. In 2015, two of his plays were presented at the Avignon Theater Festival. 2017 became his piece art of escape premiered in its production at the Gorki Theater in Berlin. He received several awards for his work. He lives in Berlin and Paris.
Last Released
Two refugees in Berlin. One came from East Germany, the other from Iran. For almost twenty years they have been a couple searching: for themselves, for each other, for a common language. They watch each other, wait for each other, search for a formula for the infinity of being, for the finitude of life, for the impossibilities of interpersonal relationships.
In his multi-layered novel, Pedro Kadivar ("Little Book of Migrations") explores what it means to be human, what flight, experiences of violence, love, closeness and everyday insecurities mean. He skilfully interweaves the big questions of our time with important motifs from philosophy and literature.
