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Feridun Zaimoğlu was born in Bolu in 1964. He studied medical science and arts in Kiel, where he has been living and working for 30 years. His first book “Kafa Örtüsü” (Kanak Sprak) was published in 1995. His main theme is the issue of the second and third generation of Turkish immigrants to Germany. His essays and critiques of literary have published in leading German newspapers including Die Zeit, Die Welt, Spex and the Tafesspiegel. Between 1999 and 2000, Zaimoğlu worked at the National Theatre in Mannheim. In 2004, he received a fellow at the Freie Universitat in Berlin. In 2005, he exhibited his installation of flags with the title “Kanak Attak, the Third Turkish Siege of Vienna” at the Kunsthalle in Vienna. In 2006, he published his second story book “Leyla”. Zaimoğlu received the international book “Corine” award for his last book “Aşk Ateşi” (Liebesbrand).
Awards:
1997, Civis Medienpreis
1998, Screen play Prize of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
2002, Friedrich Hebbel Prize
2003, Prize of the Jury at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition for his narrative Häute (skins)(Published in his volume Zwölf Gramm Glück)
2005, Adelbert von Chamisso Prize
2005, Villa Massimo, Rome, Scholarship
2005, Hugo Ball Prize of the City of Pirmasens
2007, Carl Amery Literaturpreis
2007, Grimmelshausen Prize
2011, Plattino Award by TD-Plattform
His Books:
Kanak Sprak, 1995
Abschaum (novel), 1997
Koppstoff, 1999
Liebesmale scharlachrot (novel), 2000
Kopf und Kragen, 2001
German Amok (novel), 2002
Leinwand (novel), 2003
Twelve Grams of Happiness (stories), 2004
Leyla (novel), 2006
Aşk Ateşi (Liebesbrand) (novel), 2008
Reference: tr.qantara.de, en.wikipedia.org |
