At our first international book club meeting of the New Year, we welcome the Georg Büchner Prizewinner Emine Sevgi Özdamar who will present her book Ein von Schatten begrenzter Raum (A Space Contained by Shadows).

After the coup in 1971, the military not only holds the lives but also the dreams of Turkish people captive. Artists, leftists and intellectuals fear for their existence, including the narrator, who flees Istanbul by sea to Europe. In her luggage are the wish to become an actress and the unconditional desire to make known and keep alive the cultural wealth of her country from which she has been so abruptly cut off, without allowing herself to be reduced to her mere origins in the “zoo of languages”.

All are welcome to join this live online event, and it’s not required that you have already read any of the poems. Participation is free of charge and the discussion takes place in German.

EMINE SEVGI ÖZDAMAR

Emine Sevgi Özdamar grew up in Istanbul, where she attended drama school. In the mid-seventies she went to Berlin and Paris and worked with the theatre directors Benno Besson, Matthias Langhoff and Claus Peymann. She took on numerous film roles and has been writing plays, novels and short stories since 1982. Emine Sevgi Özdamar lives in Berlin.

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TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

We will use Zoom for our meeting. We recommend using a headset, as speakers can create distracting echo effects. Participation is possible from PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device. To participate, simply follow the link we will send you after registration and sign in to the room.