Emine Sevgi Özdamar

(1946) is a German-Turkish writer. She attended the theatre school in Istanbul and following that joined the Volkbühne (popular theatre) in East Berlin. She has performed in Paris, played in films and developed as an author. In 1991 she received for her literary work the Ingeborg Bachmann Preis. Publising house De Geus published three of her books: Het leven is een karavanserai (Life is a caravan)(1995), Moedertong (Mother tongue)(1996) en De brug van de Gouden hoorn (The bridge of the golden horn) (1998). In November 2004 she was awarded the prestigious Heinrich von Kleist prize. Her novels Seltsame Sterne starren zu Ende en Der Hof im Spiegel have not yet been published in the Netherlands.
WIN 2005