Sulayman Masomi
Sulaiman Masomi (* 1979 in Kabul ) is an Afghan-German author , rapper and poetry slam interpreter.
Masomi was born in Kabul in 1979 and grew up in Krefeld. He has a master's degree in general literature, media studies and cultural anthropology at the University of Paderborn . There he founded the open-stage reading stage Lyriker Lounge . So far he has performed more than 1000 appearances in the entire German-speaking region. After the success of his book “Ein Kanake sucht Rot”, the Goethe-Institut sent him to Cairo, Mexico City, San Francisco , Riga and Jerusalem.
In 2009 his first live CD was published with the title: “Always follow your nose” ( Lektora , Paderborn) and in 2012 his scientific work “Poetry Slam - An oral culture between tradition and modernity”. In 2013 he became the state champion of North Rhine-Westphalia at the NRW Slam Poetry Slam in Essen . Since 2017 he has been a member of the jury for the national competition of the Berliner Festspiele. In 2018 he won the great executioner's ax in Passau . In 2019 he received the Herborn Schlumpeweck . In 2020 he was awarded the Minden Stickleback Prize.
Masomi currently lives and works in Cologne. Masomi raps in the hip-hop formation last row and is a member of the Dortmund reading stage LMBN .
Works
- Poetry Slam - An oral culture between tradition and modernity. Lektora-Verlag, Paderborn 2012, ISBN 978-3-938470-84-8 .
- A Kanake sees red. Lektora-Verlag, Paderborn 2014, ISBN 978-3-95461-019-8 .
Posts in:
- Wolf Hogekamp, Björn Högsdal (Ed.): 155 Short: a not so short collection of the best short texts of the poetry slam . Lektora-Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-938470-79-4 .
- Kampf der Künste (Ed.): Best of Poetry Slam # 1 . Talent Culture, 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-046941-1 .
- Karsten Strack (Ed.): The ultimate poetry slam anthology . Lektora-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-95461-030-3 .
CD
- Follow your nose, Lektora-Verlag . 2009.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Andreas Beckmann playing with racist clichés Deutschlandfunk 02/20/2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Masomi, Sulayman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Afghan-German author, rapper and poetry slam interpreter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kabul |