Osman Engin

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Osman Engin (born September 25, 1960 near İzmir ) is a German satirist of Turkish descent. He became known both as a writer and through radio contributions . The studied social pedagogue has lived in Germany since he was twelve and lives in Bremen .

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Since 1983 Osman Engin has regularly published satirical short stories from German-Turkish everyday life in magazines and newspapers, e. B. in the Frankfurter Rundschau , the Titanic or the taz .

His first independent book was published in 1985 with Der Deutschling .

Engin received various awards for his satires, in addition to a literary prize in his hometown of Bremen, among other things, literary prizes in Berlin and Gelsenkirchen .

2006 followed the ARD - media award , was nominated again for the Engin from 2004. He received it for the short WDR magazine contribution I am Pope , who, according to the jury, "plays humorously with everyday prejudices and clichés" . Engin succeeded in "an impressive satire on German-Turkish relations and the often absurd situations when dealing with supposed foreigners" .

To date, texts by Engin have also appeared in German, French, Danish, Dutch, Swedish and Canadian school books.

Osman Engin has a radio section "Everyday life in the Ottoman Empire " on COSMO ( Radio Bremen 96.7 / WDR 103.3) every Wednesday afternoon .

One of his novels, Kanaken-Gandhi (2000), is currently being filmed.

bibliography

  • Germany at home alone (2013)
  • 1001 night shifts (2010)
  • Dear Uncle Ömer - Letters from Alamanya (2008)
  • Dead Eat Doner Kebab (2008)
  • Don Osman on Tour (2007)
  • Frozen Christmas (2006)
  • West-East Sofa (2006)
  • Don Osman (2005)
  • Gods Rat (novel, 2004)
  • Oberkanakengeil (2003)
  • Kanaken-Gandhi (novel, 2001)
  • Dütschlünd, Dütschlünd üür üllüs (1994)
  • Everything faked! (1992)
  • The Bulky Waste Efendi (1991)
  • Deutschling (1985)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Engin, Osman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German satirist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH İzmir