Portrait of Zafer Şenocak

Zafer Şenocak

Zafer Şenocak, who was born in Turkey and moved to Germany as a child, writes on diversity in Germany, migration and exile, the Turkish diaspora, and the small distances and great fears of a globalizing Europe. His publications include poetry in German and Turkish, novels, and long essays. He is a frequent contributor to nationwide German newspapers such as Tageszeitung, Tagesspiegel, and Die Welt. A volume of his German-language poems appeared in English translation as Door Languages (Zephyr Press, 2008; trans. Elizabeth Oehlkers-Wright), and a collection of essays, Atlas of a Tropical Germany, was edited and translated by Leslie A. Adelson (University of Nebraska Press, 2000). He lives in Berlin, where he works as a freelance writer. (updated 10/2021)

AGNI has published the following work:

The smell of fresh paint

Poetry by Zafer Şenocak Translated from the Turkish by Kristin Dickinson

Untitled

Poetry by Zafer Şenocak Translated from the German by Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright

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Poetry by Zafer Şenocak Translated from the German by Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright

The Blinded

Poetry by Zafer Şenocak Translated from the German by Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright

The Invisible Woman

Poetry by Zafer Şenocak Translated from the German by Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright
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