Double man
Doppelmann is a German-language poem by Zafer Şenocak on the subject of biculturalism. It was first titled XIV in the book of poetry Flammentropfen (1985) published by the author, published by Dağyeli . The much-cited poem is one of the best-known texts of early intercultural literature in Germany and is the subject of numerous, including international, literary studies.
The image used in the poem spread beyond literary studies
- I have two worlds in me
- but none is whole
- they bleed all the time
- the border runs
- right through my tongue
literature
- Orthen / Bakker: I have my feet on two planets: Duitstalige migrantenliteratuur. Coördinaat Minderhedenstudies, RUL, Leiden 1991, ISBN 9052920419