Torkan
Torkan Daneshfar-Pätzoldt (born July 29, 1941 in Azar-Shahr , Iran ; † September 6, 2019 in Hamburg ) was a German writer of Iranian origin who published under the name TORKAN .
Career
After studying pedagogy and English at the University of Tehran , she taught in the Iranian capital as a primary school teacher. Since 1964 she lived in Hamburg . Here she worked as a freelance journalist and translator for several German-language magazines. In 1987 she founded the “first foreigners party” in Germany, the Party of Foreign and German Democrats (PADD). She was married to Björn Pätzoldt , their daughter is the singer and actress Marjan Shaki .
Works
The following works have been published in German:
- Tufan - letter to an Islamic brother
- Kaltland - Wah'schate Ssard
- All night - Roya and nightmare
- La Bibla - The Message of Isa
Web links
- Literature by and about Torkan in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Politics and Culture , 03/2020, accessed on March 27, 2020
- ↑ Initiative cultural integration: Sonne in Kaltland , March 10, 2020, accessed on March 27, 2020
- ↑ Stars in the sky Der Spiegel, September 7, 1987
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Torkan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Daneshfar-Pätzoldt, Torkan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Azar-Shahr , Iran |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 2019 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |