Zaimoglu, Feridun/Senkel, Günter
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Feridun Zaimoglu was born in Turkey in 1964. He grew up in Berlin and Munich, and studied art and medicine. Today, he lives in Kiel as an author and scriptwriter, writing regularly for Die Zeit and the Frankfurter Rundschau. In his books Kanak Sprak, Koppstoff, Abschaum and German Amok, he resists misunderstandings about multiculturalism.
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Awards, honours:
- 1997: CIVIS Television Prize, received jointly with Thomas Röschner for Deutschland im Winter – Kanakistan. Eine Rap-Reportage (Germany in Winter – Kanakistan: A Rap Reportage)
- 1998: Screenplay Prize of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein
- 2002: Friedrich Hebbel Prize
- 2003: Jury Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt
- 2004: Visiting professor at the Free University of Berlin
- 2004: Adelbert von Chamisso Prize
- 2005: Villa Massimo residency
- 2005: Hugo Ball Prize of the City of Pirmasens
- 2006: Art Prize of the Land of Schleswig-Holstein, received jointly with Jochen Missfeldt
- 2007 Invitation to the Mülheimer Theatertage with the play "Black Virgins"
Prose:
- "Kanak Sprak" (i.e., "Kanak Speak"), 1995
- "Abschaum" (i.e., "Scum"), 1997 (adapted for the cinema as Kanak Attack, 2000)
- "Koppstoff" (i.e., "Headstuff"), 1999
- "Liebesmale, scharlachrot" (i.e., "Marks of Love, Scarlet"), 2000
- "Kopf und Kragen: Kanak-Kultur-Kompendium" (i.e., "Life and Limb: A Compendium of Kanak Culture"), 2001
- "German Amok" (German Frenzy), 2002
- "Leinwand" (Silver Screen), 2003
- "Zwölf Gramm Glück" (i.e., "Twelve Grams of Happiness"), 2004
- "Leyla", 2006
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Günter Senkel was born in 1958 in Neumünster. After studying physics, he ran a bookshop in Kiel, where he has worked as a freelance author since 1997. He has collaborated with Feridun Zaimoglu on various screenplays and stage works.
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Awards, honours:
- 2007 Invitation to the Mülheimer Theatertage with the play "Black Virgins"
