Zafer Senocak: Between Two Worlds
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: September 19, 2016, 19:00 – 21:00
Zafer Senocak is a renowned German poet of Turkish origin whose creative language also straddles two worlds. In his essays and media work he explores the situation of several generations of migrants living in Europe and the concepts of home and borders.
The discussion will focus on the current turmoil in Turkey and the situation of those who are searching for freedom beyond their homeland.
Senocak’s books (Gefährliche Verwandtschaft, Atlas des tropischen Deutschland, War Hitler Araber?) have been translated into several languages and an anthology from the In the New World collections was published in Czech by the Fra publishing house in 2008.
Evening held as part of the accompanying programme of the 36th World Congress of Poets and in connection with the 115th anniversary of the birth of Jaroslav Seifter.