‘ . . . this volume makes a significant and timely contribution to ethnic-minority writing in German. The fact that the essays effectively complement each other
. . . further recommends the volume. It will serve fellow researches as a rich resource.’ Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies
‘This vibrant anthology is the necessary starting point for any study of Zafer Şenocak’s works . . . it provides an excellent point of entry for any study of Turkish-German literature. It deftly clears from the table outdated methodological models, and it sets an exciting agenda, combining close attention to literary texts with a strong sense of the progressive politics involved in doing so.’ Gegenwarts Literatur
Zafer Şenocak is the most prominent and versatile German Turkish writer today. A prize-winning poet, translator, editor, political and philosophical essayist, and fiction writer, Şenocak is the most challenging voice of the Turkish population in united Germany. His stylish and provocative essays explore taboo and repressed aspects of relations between Occident and Orient, Europe and Islam. His fiction has won him international acclaim, especially the post-unification novel Gefährliche Verwandtschaft (1998), which deals with the German-Jewish-Turkish-Armenian complex. But poetry is always at the heart of his work.
This is the first book in any language devoted to Zafer Şenocak. It is intended both as an introduction for the general reader and as a resource for the specialist. The volume includes a brief biography, previously unpublished poetry, and an interview with the author held during his period as writer-in-residence at University of Wales Swansea in May 2000. A series of critical contributions by researchers in Britain, France, Germany and the United States address a range of issues, from sexuality to multiculturalism, covering all genres of his work. The volume concludes with the most comprehensive international bibliography to date.
‘Taking as its subject the works of one of the most perceptive and articulate observers of the contemporary German cultural and political scene, this volume makes a significant and timely contribution to ethnic-minority writing in German. The fact that the essays effectively complement each other – cross-references indicate that the authors were aware of each other’s contributions – further recommends the volume. It will serve fellow researchers as a rich resource.’ Seminar - A Journal of Germanic Studies
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Zafer Şenocak gilt als der profilierteste und vielseitigste deutsch-türkische Autor und als einer der interessantesten deutschsprachigen Schriftsteller der Gegenwart überhaupt. Dieser Band enthält eine Auswahl bisher unveröffentlichter Gedichte sowie ein Interview mit dem Autor. Die Beiträge internationaler GermanistInnen beleuchten verschiedene Aspekte seines literarischen Werkes und schliessen alle von ihm verwendeten Genres wie die Lyrik, die Essays und die literarische Prosa, mit ein. Ergänzt wird der Band durch eine ausführliche Bibliographie.