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born 1961 in Ankara (Turkey) |
| ©Zafer Senocak, ©: Tereza Brdeckova | ||
| 1970 | |
moves to Germany |
| 1979 | studied German Literature, Politics and Philosophy in Munich begins to write as an author | |
| 1984 | City of Munich Literary Prize | |
| 1985 | starts literature translation projects | |
| 1988 | Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Prize | |
| 1990 | freelance journalist, for "taz", "Berliner Zeitung", "Die Woche", "Die Welt"; co-editor oft he magazine "Sirene" (until 2000) | |
| 1996 | writer-in-residence at the Universities of Miami and Oxford, and writer-in-residence at Villa Aurora, (Pacific Palisades, California) | |
| 1997 |
Max Kade-Gastprofessur (guest professor) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| 1999 |
writer-in-residence at Dartmouth College | |
| 2000 |
writer-in-residence at Oberlin College | |
| 2003 |
guest professor at University of California, Berkeley | |
| 2007 |
poet-in-residence at University Duisburg-Essen | |
| lives in Berlin |
Last update June 2011
