Melek Baklan
Mevlüde (Melek) Baklan (* 1946 in Turkey ) is a German-speaking author and social worker of Turkish descent.
Life
Baklan came to Germany in 1973 and was already working as a social worker for women of Turkish origin living in Germany at the workers' welfare in Duisburg in the 1970s . There she initiated u. a. a literacy course for women who came to Germany illiterate, which she later described in the article When I can read and write, I'll dance for joy (1983) for the magazine Learn German . Baklan's other publications on topics from her social work with migrant workers followed, e. B. in the collection of essays Age and Everyday Life (1988) of Edition Suhrkamp .
In the 1980s, two German-language poetic texts by Baklan were published in book form - the "Unmärchen" Gelin Ayche (1986) and The Secret of the Cloths (1988). These were issued by the Foreigner-Friendly Measures Working Group . Previously, Franco Biondi , Jusuf Naoum and Rafik Schami Baklan's Alie Söyler and German Reality (1982) had already been included in an anthology of German migrant literature.
bibliography
poetry
- Alie Söyler and German Reality; In: Approaches, prose, poetry and photographs from the everyday life of guest workers; Bremen 1982; ed. v. Franco Biondi / Jusuf Naoum / Rafik Schami
- Gelin Ayche. A fairy tale. Published by the working group for foreigner-friendly measures Haus Villigst. Villigst: Eigendruck, 1986
- The secret of the cloths. Published by the working group for foreigner-friendly measures Haus Villigst. Villigst: Eigendruck, 1988
Contributions to social work
- If I can read and write I will dance for joy. A literacy course with Turkish women; In: Learn German 3/1983
- Whoever approaches Allah will be free from free time: Perspectives and problems of aging Turks in the Federal Republic; In: Age and Everyday Life; Frankfurt am Main 1988; ed. v. Gerd Göckenjan / Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz
See also
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baklan, Melek |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baklan, Mevlüde Melek (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-speaking author and social worker of Turkish origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turkey |