Regina Keil-Sagawe
Biography
Regina Keil-Sagawe studied Romance Studies in Bonn and Paris& Studied German. She has lived in Heidelberg since 1984, from where she works as a translator and cultural journalist (NZZ,ART, Qantara), as a moderator and lecturer, provides impetus for the dialogue with the Maghreb and its literatures: Maghreb culture mile in Heidelberg (1997); Heidelberg Maghreb Day (2007ff.); Cultural partnership Essaouira (1998ff.); World Reading Stage Heidelberg (2012ff.); UNESCO City of Literature project: TRANSLATE with translators (2014ff.).
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The old man from the mountain
He is considered "one of the most powerful and imaginative poetic voices of the post-colonial francophone Maghreb" (Pierre Joris). In an equally visionary manner, Habib Tengour takes up topics in his books that only come into the media focus years later. InThe old man from the mountain, on which he wrote from 1977-1981, he traces religious totalitarianism, asks about the intellectual's responsibility in the face of war, corruption and ideological hardening, the suitability of religion, science and politics as viable paths to "truth".
Translated from the French by Regina Keil-Sagawe
