Doğan Akhanli – memorial event

Sujet Verlag Bornstraße 18, Bremen, Bremen

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 and is a perfect example of how Akhanli deals with genocides of the 20th century in a magnificent literary way. We also have the honor of presenting excerpts from the as yet unpublished novel “Sankofa”, which is currently being translated by Recai Hallaç and will be published by us in 2024. Doğan Akhanlı, born in Turkey in 1957 and in October…

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Reading with Halim Youssef (FliehKraft Cologne)

centrifugal force Turmstrasse 5, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

Am 22. November findet im Kölner Flüchtlingszentrum FliehKraft, Turmstraße 3-7, eine Lesung mit Halim Youssef statt, welcher aus seinem neuesten Buch "99 zerstreute Perlen" vorliest. In diesem Roman wird die Lebensgeschichte des syrischen Übersetzers Azado erzählt, sowie von den Schicksalen, mit denen er durch seine Tätigkeit in Kontakt kommt. In Anschluss an die Lesung folgt um 19 Uhr ein Konzert mit Poolad Torkamanrad und Katharina Hoffmann, einem Musikerduo das orientalische Klänge mit Elementen der europäischen Klassik vereint.

Freedom of words - words of freedom

Bauhaus University Weimar (Audimax) Steubenstrasse 6, Weimar, Thuringia

Reading and conversation about war, freedom of expression and the power of words On Friday, November 24th, 2023, a reading followed by a conversation will take place in the Audimax of the Bauhaus University in Weimar. Among the invited guests is our publishing house founder and owner, Madjid Mohit. Nahid Shahalimi and Tanja Maljarchuk also read. The event is moderated by Dina Netz.

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Reading with Amir Shaheen (Literaturhaus Cologne)

Literature House Cologne Grosser Griechenmarkt 39, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

Amir Shaheen reads at the Literaturhaus Cologne. Also there are Petra Reategui, Agnieszka Lessmann, Dorothea Renckhoff and Margit Hähner. They are all members of PEN Germany, and the texts that will be presented that evening are just as colorful and diverse as they are. It will be exciting, mysterious, lyrical and of course also cheerful and satirical. Admission is free.

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Reading “99 scattered pearls” (STP)

GfbV Geiststraße 7, Göttingen, Lower Saxony

Organisiert von der Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker (GfbV), findet am sechsten Dezember, in Göttingen, eine Lesung mit Halim Youssef statt, der aus seinem neuen Roman "99 zerstreute Perlen" vorliest. In seinem jüngsten Werk präsentiert Youssef die Lebensgeschichte eines syrischen Übersetzers, Azado, der in den gelebten Erfahrungen der Flüchtlinge, mit denen er arbeitet, einen Spiegel seiner eigenen Vergangenheit erkennt.

Tribute to Berzan Kejo

Sujet Verlag Bornstraße 18, Bremen, Bremen

Zur Würdigung des Künstlers, Autors, Filmemachers und Spieleentwicklers Berzan Kejo, dessen Todestag sich am 12.1.24 zum ersten Mal jährt, lädt der Sujet-Verlag am Freitag, 26. Januar 2024 um 18.30 Uhr zu einer Veranstaltung in seinen Eventraum Text´n Art in die Bornstraße 18 ein. Sein Roman "Ro Jin - Sonne des Lebens" https://sujetverlag.de/buecher/ro-jin-sonne-des-lebens/ ist 2018 in zweiter Auflage im Sujet Verlag erschienen. Berzan Kejos Prosa und Lyrik auf Kurdisch und Deutsch, zum Teil noch unveröffentlicht, und Videos, in denen er selbst zu Wort kommt,

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20 years of stumbling blocks in Bremen

House of the Bremen Citizenship Bremen

House of the Bremen Citizenship, Bremen 20 years of stumbling blocks in Bremen Against forgetting - an art and remembrance project 6:00 p.m. (admission from 5:30 p.m.) In September 2003, the Cologne artist Gunter Demnig presented his stumbling block project in Bremen, and the following year it was adopted here. Since then, almost 800 stumbling blocks have been laid on our city's sidewalks. In total, there are currently over 100,000 memorial stones in Europe. This evening we will report on the beginnings of the project and on coming to terms with the fates of those victims…

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»There is a poem on the edge of language” – an evening for Axel Kutsch with our authors: Gerrit Wustmann and Amir Shaheen

Literature House Cologne Great Greek Market 39, Cologne

The poet and editor Axel Kutsch helped shape German poetry for almost fifty years. From early political poetry to language experiments in the 1990s and humorous metal poetry to his formative role as editor of almost fifty anthologies: without Axel Kutsch, the local poetry scene would be different. After his serious illness in February 2023, his daughter Katja Kutsch and the writer Gerrit Wustmann compiled his entire poetic work. At the Literaturhaus Cologne they present it together with publisher Ralf Liebe and Amir…

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Lesung Pedro Kadivar

Bookseller's cellar Carmerstraße 1, Charlottenburg, Berlin

Der Startschuss für unser diesjähriges Lesungs-Programm fällt am ersten Februar, im Buchhändlerkeller, Berlin-Charlottenburg: Pedro Kadivar liest aus seinem Buch "Unendlich ist die Nacht", einer tiefgründigen Geschichte über die komplexe Beziehung zweier Flüchtlinge. Es moderiert Gernot Krämer.

Reading “99 Scattered Pearls” with Halim Youssef

StadtPalais - Museum for Stuttgart Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse 2, Stuttgart

Book presentation 99 scattered pearls with Halim Youssef, moderation Faisal Osman and Avra ​​Emin Friday February 23rd, 2024 at 6:30 p.m., StadtPalais - Museum für Stuttgart This event is organized by the Kurdish Community of Stuttgart in cooperation with Black Community Foundation Stuttgart and StadtPalais-Museum für Stuttgart presents. Invisible voices from the diaspora: Two authors will present their literary works in a reading on February 23, 2024, which deal intensively with their lives in the diaspora. It is Halim Youssef with his work “99 Scattered Pearls”…

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