Sharon Dodua Otoo

Sharon Dodua Otoo (2016)

Sharon Dodua Otoo at LitCologne 2019

Sharon Dodua Otoo (* 1972 in London ) is a British writer , publicist and activist. In 2016 she was awarded the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize .

Life

Sharon Dodua Otoo's parents come from Accra , the capital of Ghana . She was born in London and grew up there with two siblings in the Ilford district .

Otoo studied German and Management Studies at the Royal Holloway College, University of London and obtained a BA (Hons) degree in 1997 .

She has lived in Berlin with her four sons since 2006 . Otoo is active in Phoenix eV and in the Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (ISD-Bund) eV , of which she was a member from 2010 to 2013. She published a number of articles and commentaries, etc. a. in Missy Magazine , an.schlag , ak - analysis & criticism (ak) , in Tagesspiegel and in African Courier . Your contributions, comments, reports, reviews, feature sections and contributions to the discussion deal with political questions of feminism , whiteness , and also with cultural and educational topics.

Since 2014 Otoo has been working as a project coordinator at RAA Berlin eV and at w_orten und meer . She is the editor of the English-language book series Witnessed, in which five books were published by 2016.

Otoo's creative writing deals with the topics of magical realism , afrofuturism , identity negotiation , relationships and empowerment.

At the invitation of Sandra Kegel , Otoo read the text Mr Gröttrup sits down at the 40th Days of German Language Literature 2016 in Klagenfurt and received the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize . The main characters in the text are based on the engineer and rocket technician Helmut Gröttrup and his wife Irmgard. At the beginning there is a scene at breakfast that makes you think of Loriot . Then a diffuse self tells the story, which at the moment is a breakfast egg that doesn't want to get hard, but was also an earthquake and a lipstick. The juror Meike Feßmann called this I the "changeling of reincarnation", as "I that refuses to be marked".

Audio

• Germany radio on January 14 2018 nuances with Sharon Otoo Dodua 86.45 minutes , Audio 71.34 minutes (music shortened) 2.1 years online

Works (selection)

Novellas

• 2012: the things i am thinking while smiling politely . Münster, edition assemblage , ISBN 978-3-942885-22-5
• 2013: Dodua (2013) the things I think while smiling politely . Translation of Mirjam Nuenning. As before, ISBN 978-3-942885-39-3
• 2014: Synchronicity . Translation of Mirjam Nuenning. As before, ISBN 978-3-942885-74-4
• 2015: Synchronicity. The Original Story . As before, ISBN 978-3-942885-95-9

Short stories

• 2015: The story of the circle and square . In: Susan Arndt and Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard (eds.) (K) heirs of colonialism in the German language science archive . Münster, Unrast Verlag , p. 378.
  • As with the penguins . In: Florence Hervé , Melanie Stitz (Ed.): Wir Frauen 2015 . Cologne, PapyRossa Verlag
  • Anonymous: Ask Auntie D . In: Philipp Khabo Koepsell (Ed.): The Afropean Contemporary: Literature and Society Magazine . Berlin, epubli , ISBN 978-3-8442-8326-6
  • With Bino Byansi Byakuleka: The Romantics and the Criminals . In: Clementine Burnley and Sharon Dodua Otoo (Eds.): Winter Shorts . Münster, edition assemblage , pp. 37–44
  • Whtnacig Pnait (Watching Paint) . As before, pp. 67-78
• 2019: love . In: Fatma Aydemir , Hengameh Yaghoobifarah (ed.): Your home is our nightmare. Berlin, Ullstein five , ISBN 978-3-961010-36-3

Online articles

• 2013: Correct me if I am (politically) wrong - “Real” art, elitism and white delusions of sublimity . In: pixel. IG Bildende Kunst magazine , Vienna, No. 28, Spring, Critical Correctness
  • Who has the power to define? By choosing our words, we change reality . In: Critical Whiteness. Debate about anti-racist politics and non-discriminatory language. Special supplement Analysis & Criticism
• 2014: From looking and seeing. Black literature and theory production as an opportunity ... In: an.schlag
• 2015: Audre Lorde. Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet . In: Der Tagesspiegel

Editor of the book series "Witnessed"

• 2012, Sandrine Micossé-Aikins and Sharon Dodua Otoo (Eds.): The Little Book of Big Visions. How to Be an Artist and Revolutionize the World. Series: Witnessed , Edition 1 , Münster, edition assemblage , ISBN 978-3-942885-31-7
• 2013, Olumide Popoola : Also by Mail. As before, Edition 2 , ISBN 978-3-942885-38-6
  • Nzitu Mawakha: Daima. Images of Women of Color in Germany. As before, Edition 3 , ISBN 978-3-942885-31-7
• 2015, Amy Evans: The Most Unsatisfied Town. As before, Edition 4 , ISBN 978-3-942885-76-8
  • Clementine Burnley and Sharon Dodua Otoo (Eds.): Winter Shorts. As before, Edition 5 , ISBN 978-3-942885-94-2

Web links

• Literature by and about Sharon Dodua Otoo in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author's website
• Publisher portrait - edition assemblage
• Blog of the English-language book series “Witnessed”
• Deutschlandfunk (DLF) nuances. Music and personal questions from January 14, 2018: The writer Sharon Dodua Otoo
• Deutschlandfunk Kultur Interview on June 16, 2020 Sharon Dodua Otoo in conversation with Dieter Kassel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sharon Dodua Otoo | Edition assemblage. In: edition-assemblage.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Wolfgang Tischer: Bachmann Prize Podcast 2016 - Episode 6 with the winner Sharon Dodua Otoo. In: literaturcafe.de. July 3, 2016, accessed on July 4, 2016 (information on request in the podcast at 14:22 minutes). 
3. ^ Team - RAA Berlin. In: RAA Berlin. Retrieved May 19, 2016 . 
4. ↑ sharon dodua otoo. In: w_orten & meer. Retrieved May 19, 2016 . 
5. ^ Witnessed - Black Author Book Series | Edition assemblage. In: www.edition-assemblage.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Sharon Dodua Otoo - GB - Bachmann Prize. In: orf.at. May 24, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Sharon Dodua Otoo receives Bachmann Prize. In: kaernten.orf.at. Retrieved July 3, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Sharon Dodua Otoo wins Bachmann Prize. In: tagesschau.de. Retrieved July 4, 2016 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Kathleen Hildebrand: Heat and wild reality from all sides. Diversity and dissolved identities: Sharon Dodua Otoo wins the Bachmann Prize at the Days of German-Language Literature. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 152, July 4, 2016, p. 9.
10. ^ Correct me if I am (politically) wrong | Linksnet. Retrieved January 15, 2018 . 
11. ↑ [1] (pp. 24-25)
12. ↑ On looking and seeing | Linksnet. Retrieved January 15, 2018 . 
13. ↑ "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet". Retrieved January 15, 2018 .