Fatma Aydemir (born 1986) is a German author and journalist based in Berlin.[1] She is best known for her novel Ellbogen (Elbow), which won both the 2018 Franz Hessel Prize and the Klaus Michael Kühne prize for best debut novel of 2017.[2][3][4]
Fatma Aydemir | |
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.jpg) Aydemir in 2017 | |
| Born | 1986 (age 38–39) Karlsruhe, West Germany |
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| Language | German |
| Notable awards | Franz-Hessel-Preis 2018 Ellbogen |
Biography
Aydemir was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany. She is the granddaughter of Turkish-Kurdish[5] immigrants.[6][7]
She is an editor and columnist for Die Tageszeitung. Before it ceased publication, she wrote for the German music magazine Spex.[8][9][10] She also founded a bilingual German/Turkish portal in response to incursions against press freedom in Turkey.[11]
Works
- Aydemir, Fatma (2017). Ellbogen: Roman (in German). München: Hanser. ISBN 978-3-446-25441-1. OCLC 964395472.
- Aydemir, Fatma (2022). Dschinns: Roman (in German). München: Hanser. ISBN 978-3-446-26914-9. OCLC 1282190927.
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