Sonali Beher
Sonali Beher, born in 1997 in Gießen, Germany, studied English and Political Science in Heidelberg before beginning her studies in Literary Writing at the German Institute for Literature Leipzig in 2023. Alongside her academic work, she supports NGOs dedicated to strengthening democracy. Beher writes across genres, including prose, essays, poetry, and dramatic texts, with a focus on how the personal and political intersect. Her writing often explores themes such as German identity, womanhood, and labor. In 2024, her short play Mensch mit Kopf was staged at the Kabinetttheater in Vienna, Austria.
As part of the ON THE ROAD project, Sonali Beher and Iven Yorick Fenker travel across the United States in the fall of 2025. Throughout their journey, they share regular updates in the form of notes, in-depth texts, and visual content documenting their experiences.
