Deniz Utlu

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Deniz Utlu (* 1983 in Hanover ) is a German writer, essayist and columnist.

life and work

Deniz Utlu studied economics with a focus on philosophy in Paris and Berlin . In 2003 Utlu founded the magazine freitext together with Marianna Salzmann , among others , which he also published until 2014. In 2014 his debut novel Die Unhaltenen ( Graf Verlag ) was published . The novel was adapted by Hakan Savaş Mican for the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin , where Utlu also curates series of events. In addition, Utlu was and is active as a columnist and essayist. Among other things, he contributed to that of Fatma Aydemir andHengameh Yaghoobifarah published volume Your Home Is Our Nightmare (2019) at. His second novel Gegen Morgen ( Suhrkamp Verlag ) was published in 2019 and was shortlisted for the “Text & Language” literary prize . In 2019 Utlu was awarded the State Capital of Hanover's Literature Prize. In 2021 Utlu was awarded the Alfred Döblin Prize . "Utlu opens up a geography of remembrance for German literature that extends from Hanover all the way to Turkey, to the Syrian border," said the jury's statement.

Awards

  • 2010: Ulrich Beer Award for Young Authors
  • 2013: Finalist at the Prenzlauer Berg Literature Prize
  • 2019: Literature Prize of the State Capital Hanover
  • 2020: Shortlist of the literature prize "Text & Language" ( Towards Tomorrow )
  • 2021: Alfred Döblin Prize

Grants

  • 2006/2007: Scholarship from the authors' workshop Prosa Prognosen of the Literary Colloquium Berlin
  • 2010: Scholarship from the Eisenbach village clerk
  • 2011: Working grant from the Senate for Berlin authors
  • 2015: Residence grant in the artist village Schöppingen
  • 2017/2018: Residence grant from the Goethe Institute in Peru
  • 2018: Residence grant at Schloss Solitude
  • 2020: Residence grant in the Alfred Döblin House, Wewelsfleth

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deniz Utlu. In: Authors. Suhrkamp Insel, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Deniz Utlu. Maxim Gorki Theater , accessed March 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Deniz Utlu: Picked up from time. In: Der Tagesspiegel . February 3, 2019, accessed March 2, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Agnes Bührig: Hanover: Deniz Utlu receives literature prize. NDR , December 4, 2019, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
  5. ^ Author Deniz Utlu awarded the Alfred Döblin Prize , RND, May 8, 2021.
personal data
SURNAME Utlu, Deniz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, essayist and columnist
DATE OF BIRTH 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover