Dec 8, 2021
Sharon Dodua Otoo
Sharon Dodua Otoo was born in London to parents who were from Accra, Ghana. After she finished high school in 1992, she travelled to Hanover, Germany where…
Writer-in-Residence
Dec 8, 2021
Olga Grjasnow
Olga Grjasnowa was born into a Russian-Jewish family in Baku, Azerbaijan. Her family came to Germany in 1996 and Olga started learning German when she…
Dec 4, 2021
Mascha Dabić (Fall 2019)
MASCHA DABIĆ was born 1981 in Sarajevo and emigrated with her parents to Austria in 1992. Translation Studies (English and Russian) und Political Science…
Oct 23, 2017
Judith Nika Pfeifer (Fall 2019)
Judith Nika Pfeifer writes poetry, prose and plays. Her texts appear in Austrian and German literary magazines and anthologies, such as „kolik“, „Literatur…
Apr 1, 2016
Dimitré Dinev (Spring 2016)
Short Novels Boshidar, in: fremdland, Edition Exil, Vienna 2000. Ein Licht über dem Kopf, Hallo Taxi, Andiamo Verlag, Mannheim 2001. Wechselbäder,in:…
May 13, 2015
Dr. Bernhard Doppler, Kulturkritiker (Spring 2015)
“Narrative deutscher Migration nach Amerika” “Narratives of German Migration to America” COURSE DESCRIPTION German migration to America – to…
Feb 26, 2013
Oliver Kluck (Spring 2013)
Oliver Kluck, a rising German playwright, was born in 1980 on the island of Rügen, just off the northeastern coast of Germany, and grew up in the city…
Apr 27, 2011
Hans-Michael Speier (Fall 2011)
A member of the PEN Club, Hans-Michael Speier is a poet, translator, and literary scholar living in Berlin. He taught at the Free University of Berlin…
Apr 27, 2010
Gabriele Petricek (Fall 2010)
Fall 2010 Max Kade Writer in Residence Gabriele Petricek was born in Krems an der Donau, and she currently lives in Vienna, Austria. She was trained as…
Apr 27, 2010
Daniela Dahn (Spring 2010)
Daniela Dahn was the 2010 Max Kade Writer in Residence. Dahn was born in Berlin in 1949; both her parents were journalists. She was raised in Kleinmachnow…