Sherko Fatah Explained

Sherko Fatah
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Date:28 November 1964 (60 years old)
Birth Place:East Berlin, Germany
Occupation:Writer
Language:Deutsch
Period:21st century CE
Awards:Adelbert von Chamisso Prize

Sherko Fatah is a German writer of descent from Iraqi Kurdistan. A novelist, his stories often address the violence in the Middle East, especially in Kurdish areas. Fatah has won many awards for his contributions to German literature, including the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize.

Life

Born in East Berlin on 28 November 1964 to an Iraqi-Kurdish father, Sherko Fatah studied philosophy and art history in West Berlin before he completed his studies with a master's degree in philosophical hermeneutics.[1] [2] [3] Today, Sherko Fatah lives in Berlin as a freelance writer, while also being a member of the PEN Centre Germany.[4] He is married as well.[5]

Works

Sherko Fatah's novels touch on topics based on the violent conflicts in the Kurdish parts of Iraq, Iran and Turkey, including the genocidal attacks against Kurdish people by the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein.[6] [7]

Novels

Academic work

Fatah contributed to parts of the book and journal Die neue Weltliteratur und ihre großen Erzähler in 2014 under direction of Austrian cultural commentator Sigrid Löffler.[14]

Reception

In 2005, the Lire literary magazine named Sherko Fatah in their list 50 Writers of Tomorrow.[15] Fatah's novel The Dark Ship was also adapted into a radio play which was broadcast on the Norddeutscher Rundfunk.[16]

Awards

Book awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sherko FATAH The International Writing Program . 2024-06-23 . iwp.uiowa.edu.
  2. Web site: Sherko Fatah . 2024-06-23 . international literature festival berlin . en-US.
  3. Web site: Sherko Fatah Seagull Books . 2024-06-23 . www.seagullbooks.org.
  4. Sherko Fatah; Munzinger Online/Personen - Internationales Biographisches Archiv.
  5. Paul Jandl; Ernstfall Literatur. Die Welt, 3 January 2015, page 7
  6. Web site: 2008-06-19 . A Portrait of Sherko Fatah: Reality Is an Adventure Qantara.de . 2024-06-23 . qantara.de . en.
  7. Web site: Warschauer Aufstand - Loyal bis hin zu Verrat und Mord Cicero Online . 2024-06-23 . www.cicero.de . de.
  8. Book: Fatah, Sherko . Im Grenzland . 2001 . Jung und Jung . 3902144017 . Germany.
  9. Book: Fatah, Sherko . Donnie: Erzählung . Jung und Jung . 2002 . 3902144475.
  10. Book: Fatah, Sherko . Onkelchen . Jung und Jung . 2004 . 3902144777 . Germany.
  11. Book: Chalmers, Martin . The Dark Ship . Seagull Books . 2015 . 9780857420367 . Kolkata, India.
  12. Book: Fatah, Sherko . Der letze Ort . Random House GmbH . 2014 . 3630874177 . German.
  13. Book: Fatah, Sherko . Schwarzer September . Luchterhand Literaturverlag . 9 September 2019 . 3641162165 . Germany.
  14. Book: Löffler, Sigrid . Die neue Weltliteratur und ihre großen Erzähler . 2014 . C.H. Beck . 9783406653513 . Germany.
  15. Lire Magazine, published in Die Welt, 25 May 2005, page 25
  16. Web site: Andres . Beate . 24 April 2024 . Hörspiel: Der letzte Ort . Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
  17. Web site: Contributor: Sherko Fatah . 2024-06-23 . Words Without Borders . en.
  18. Hilde-Domin-Preis für Fatah. Die Welt, 9. July 2007, page 23

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