Description

The contact with other cultures and languages, which characterizes Widad Nabi's works, is expressed through the attempt at a literary dialogue with the most important poets and authors in literary history, such as Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann. Literature and language as a means of crossing borders is one of the core characteristics of her work.

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is exile
a museum of tears
evergreen trees
memories, laughter
the laughter of old companions
the home
the salinity in the belly of the sea
love
bones of lovers
stored in a vinegar jar
the oblivion.