Doğan Akhanli – memorial event

On the second anniversary of his death, we want to remember our esteemed author Doğan Akhanli.
We read from his work “Madonna's Last Dream”, which was published by Sujet Verlag in 2019
perfect example of how Akhanli depicts 20th century genocides in a magnificent literary way
processed. We also have the honor of presenting excerpts from the as yet unpublished novel “Sankofa”.
to introduce, which is currently being translated by Recai Hallaç and will be published by us in 2024
becomes.

Doğan Akhanlı, born in Turkey in 1957 and died in Berlin in October 2021, has numerous novels
and wrote a play. In 1991 he came to Germany as a political refugee. Since 1992
he lived in Cologne, later in Berlin. Its core theme is the confrontation with the genocides of the 20th century.
century. Because of his political stance, he was imprisoned several times in Türkiye and most recently
due to a Turkish arrest warrant in Spain in 2017, about which he wrote the book “Arrest in Granada”
wrote.

In 2013 he received the Pastor Georg Fritze Prize in Cologne and in 2018 the European Tolerance Prize in Austria
and in 2019 he was awarded the Goethe Medal. “The Days Without a Father” and “Madonna’s Last Dream”
are among his most important novel publications.

Admission based on donations!