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Stefan Weidner

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Stefan Weidner, born in 1967 in Cologne, studied German Literature, Philosophy and Islamic Studies in Göttingen, Damascus, Berkeley and Bonn. He lives in Cologne as a freelance writer and literary critic, and as a translator from Arabic.

(Updated: 2020)

Awards

  • 2018 Sheikh Hamad Prize for Translation and International Understanding
  • 2014 Paul Scheerbart Prize
  • 2007 Johann Heinrich Voss Prize
  • 2006 Clemens von Brentano Prize

More Publications

1001 Buch. Die Literaturen des Orients
Verlag Edition Converso, Bad Herrenalb 2019.
 
Jenseits des Westens: Für ein neues kosmopolitisches Denken
Carl Hanser Verlag. Munich 2018.
 
Fluchthelferin Poesie. Friedrich Rückert und der Orient
Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2017.
 
Aufbruch in die Vernunft. Islamdebatten und islamische Welt zwischen 9/11 und den arabischen Revolutionen
Dietz Verlag, Bonn 2011.
 
Manual für den Kampf der Kulturen. Warum der Islam eine Herausforderung ist. Ein Versuch
Verlag der Weltreligionen, Frankfurt 2008.
 
Fes. Sieben Umkreisungen
Amann Verlag, Zurich 2006.
 
Erlesener Orient. Ein Führer durch die Literaturen der islamischen Welt
Edition Elene, Vienna 2004.

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