Kemal Kurt
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Kemal Kurt was an author
, translator and photographer.
Kemal Kurt has written short stories, novels, poetry, essays, features, children's books, radio plays, TV-filmscripts for children and published photography.
The heart of his work was the writing and not least the telling for children, primarily in broadcasting
, in particular for multiple ARD
-channels simultaneously transferred "Ohrenbär
"-series of the SFB
.
For adults, he wrote poetry, essays, short stories and satirical novels. Attention is here Was ist die Mehrzahl von Heimat? (1995), a pointed reflection of his ambivalent relationship with a Turkish origin and the German way of life as well as his satirical novel Ja, sagt Molly (1998), in which he settles with the most brilliant of Literature.
For many years the books of Kemal Kurt are also part of the curriculum of several American universities.
That left behind photo archive of Kemal Kurt includes 20000 images. Still by himself as a traveling exhibition of photos and poems conceived, menschen.orte is thanks to his estate managers inner part of current presentations.
) in Pacific Palisades, CA, in 2000 at the international writers' retreats Hawthornden Castle
at Edinburgh
and "Waves of Three Seas" at Rhodes
, 2001 at Centrum for Arts & Creative Education in Port Townsend, WA. In 1991 and 2000 he had grants from the foundation Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung Berlin for children's fiction. "Wenn der Meddah kommt" was listed among the three best German children's books in the spring of 1996 by WDR, Radio Bremen
and Saarländischer Rundfunk
and "The five Fingers and the Moon" was chosen the Best Picture Book of the month December 1997 by the German Academy for Children's Books.
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, translator and photographer.
Vita
- 1966-72 studies in TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
and in USA - since 1975 living in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
- since 1977 artistic photography
- since 1981 first book publications
- 1983 PhDDoctor of PhilosophyDoctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
at the TU BerlinTechnical University of BerlinThe Technische Universität Berlin is a research university located in Berlin, Germany. Translating the name into English is discouraged by the university, however paraphrasing as Berlin Institute of Technology is recommended by the university if necessary .The TU Berlin was founded... - since 1990 working as a freelance writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
- Reading tours throughout Germany and Poland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Turkey, Switzerland, South Africa, USA
Kemal Kurt has written short stories, novels, poetry, essays, features, children's books, radio plays, TV-filmscripts for children and published photography.
The heart of his work was the writing and not least the telling for children, primarily in broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
, in particular for multiple ARD
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
-channels simultaneously transferred "Ohrenbär
Ohrenbär
Ohrenbär – Radiogeschichten für kleine Leute is a literary radio program broadcast in German for children between four and eight years. Ohrenbär started in 1987 and is produced by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg ....
"-series of the SFB
Sender Freies Berlin
Sender Freies Berlin was the ARD public radio and television service for West Berlin from 1 June 1954 until 1990 and for Berlin as a whole from German reunification until 30 April 2003...
.
For adults, he wrote poetry, essays, short stories and satirical novels. Attention is here Was ist die Mehrzahl von Heimat? (1995), a pointed reflection of his ambivalent relationship with a Turkish origin and the German way of life as well as his satirical novel Ja, sagt Molly (1998), in which he settles with the most brilliant of Literature.
For many years the books of Kemal Kurt are also part of the curriculum of several American universities.
That left behind photo archive of Kemal Kurt includes 20000 images. Still by himself as a traveling exhibition of photos and poems conceived, menschen.orte is thanks to his estate managers inner part of current presentations.
Awards / Fellowships
In 1999 he had a fellowship at the Villa Aurora (exile home of Lion FeuchtwangerLion Feuchtwanger
Lion Feuchtwanger was a German-Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht....
) in Pacific Palisades, CA, in 2000 at the international writers' retreats Hawthornden Castle
Hawthornden Castle
Hawthornden Castle is located on the River North Esk in Midlothian, Scotland. The castle lies a mile to the east of Roslin at grid reference , and is just downstream from Roslin Castle. Hawthornden comprises a 15th century ruin, with a 17th century L-plan house attached. The house has been restored...
at Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
and "Waves of Three Seas" at Rhodes
Rhodes
Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within...
, 2001 at Centrum for Arts & Creative Education in Port Townsend, WA. In 1991 and 2000 he had grants from the foundation Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung Berlin for children's fiction. "Wenn der Meddah kommt" was listed among the three best German children's books in the spring of 1996 by WDR, Radio Bremen
Radio Bremen
Radio Bremen , Germany's smallest public radio and television broadcaster, is the legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state of Bremen...
and Saarländischer Rundfunk
Saarländischer Rundfunk
Saarländischer Rundfunk is a public radio and television broadcaster for the German Bundesland of Saarland, with its headquarters in the Broadcasting House Halberg in Saarbrücken. SR is a member of the ARD.- Finances :...
and "The five Fingers and the Moon" was chosen the Best Picture Book of the month December 1997 by the German Academy for Children's Books.
Poetry / Photos / Prose
- Der Chinese von Schöneberg. stories. Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-924423-40-7
- menschen.orte. poetry & photos. ISBN 3-924423-37-7
- Ja, sagt Molly. novel. Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-924423-34-2
- Was ist die Mehrzahl von Heimat?. essay. ReinbekReinbekReinbek is a town located in Stormarn district in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein within the metropolitan region of Hamburg...
1995, ISBN 3-499-13520-5 - Beim nächsten Ton. poetry. Berlin 1988
- Abuzer Güler. Gedichte. Berlin 1988
- Scheingedichte / Şiirimsi. poems, German / Turkey. Berlin 1988
- Bilder einer Kindheit. novel and photos. Berlin 1986
- ...weil wir Türken sind /...Türk olduğumuz için. photos and stories; German / Turkey. Berlin 1981
Children's Book
- Die Sonnentrinker. Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-357-00519-0
- Die verpatzten Zaubersprüche. Gossau-ZürichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
2002, ISBN 3-314-00947-X
- English (Marianne Martens): Mixed-up Journey to Magic Mountain
- Italian (Andrea Passannante): Il mago pasticcione
- French (Michelle Nikly): Demi-tour de magie
- Dutch (Christine Kliphuis): De muslukte toverspreuk
- Yunus. Big Book for the knees. Berlin-München 2001
- Danish: Det er mig
- Luxembourgish: Dat sinn ech
- Dutch: Dit ben ik
- Eine echt verrückte Nacht. Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-357-00905-6
- Korean:
- Als das Kamel Bademeister war. Turkey Tales. Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-922825-64-8
- Cora die Korsarin. HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
1998, ISBN 3-7915-1165-3 - Die Kinder vom Mondhügel. Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-7915-1164-5
- Die fünf Finger und der Mond. picture book. Gossau-Zürich 1997, ISBN 3-314-00824-4
- English (Anthea BellAnthea BellAnthea Bell OBE is a British translator who has translated numerous literary works, especially children's literature, from French, German, Danish and Polish to English...
): The Five Fingers and the Moon - French (Géraldine Elscher): La lune et les cinq doigts
- Greek:
- Dutch (Toby Visser) Vijf vingermannetjes op de maan
- Sieben Zimmer voller Wunder. Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-7915-1163-7
- Dutch (Yvonne Kloosterman): Zeven kamers vol wonderen
- Wenn der Meddah kommt. Turkey tales for children. Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-7915-1162-9 and StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
1997, ISBN 3-12-262150-9
- Wenn der Meddah kommt. Turkey tales for children. Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-7915-1162-9 and Stuttgart
Translations: German-Turkish
- Hans de Beer: Kleiner Eisbär wohin fährst du? to Küçük beyaz ayı nereye gidiyorsun?, picture book, Gossau-Zürich 1994
- Hans de Beer: Kleiner Eisbär, hilf mir fliegen! to Küçük Beyaz Ayı, Yardım Et Uçayım!, Bilderbuch, Gossau-Zürich 1999
- Hans de Beer: Kleiner Eisbär, kennst du den Weg? to Küçük Beyaz Ayı Yolu Biliyor Musun?, Bilderbuch, Gossau-Zürich 2001
- Marcus PfisterMarcus PfisterMarcus Pfister is a Swiss author and illustrator of children's picture books.A worldwide success are his since 1992 published children's picture books about the Rainbow Fish. These books were translated in over 80 languages and have been sold with over 15 million copies...
: Der Regenbogenfisch to Gökkuşağı Balığı - picture books, Gossau-Zürich 1994 - Marcus Pfister: Der Regenbogenfisch schließt Frieden to Gökkuşğı Balığı Barışıyor - picture books, Gossau-Zürich 1998
- Marcus Pfister: Der Regenbogenfisch überwindet seine Angst to Gökkusağı Balığı Korkusunu Yeniyor - picture books, Gossau-Zürich 2000
- Marcus Pfister: Regenbogenfisch, komm hilf mir! to Gökkusağı Balığı, Bana Yardım Et! - picture books, Gossau-Zürich 2000
- Bahman NirumandBahman NirumandBahman Nirumand is an Iranian and German journalist and author.-Life:Bahman Nirumand was born at 18 September 1936 as a son of a wealthy family of civil servants in Tehran. His uncle was a consul in the Iranian embassy in Berlin before the II World War...
, Belge Yayınları: Iran - hinter den Gittern verdorren Blumen, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1985 ISBN 3499157357 to İran – Soluyor Çiçekler Parmaklıklar Ardında, IstanbulIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
1988
Translations: Turkish-German
- Gülten Dayıoğlu: Sık Dişini to Beiß die Zähne zusammen, together with V. Augustin and E. Giere, Berlin 1981
TV-Screenplays
- to the ZDFZDFZweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
-series: Karfunkel – Stories with children of the whole world - Auf den Spuren von Lakatosch. (R: Alejandro Quintano) 1994
- Can und Oleg. (R: Yasemin Akay) 1994
- Heimliche Weihnacht. (R: Yasemin Akay), 1992
- Öffnen Sie den Koffer, Herr Özyurt!. (R: Thomas Dräger), 1991
Autobiographical, essays, stories, commentaries, live presentations
- Autorenporträt. Series Domino, HRHessischer RundfunkHessischer Rundfunk is the public broadcaster for the German state of Hesse. The main offices of HR are in Frankfurt am Main. HR is a member of the ARD.- Studios :...
, 2001 - Aziz Nesin - Das schlaflose Gewissen der Türkei. Series Wortspiel, DeutschlandRadio 1995
- Die Meinung beim Früh-Stück. commentaries à 3 min. SFB 1994-1998
- Livevortrag eigener Gedichte mit dem Musiker Hasan Kuzu. Unterhaltung am Samstag, WDR 1992-1993
- Ein Leben in Anatolien. SDRSüddeutscher RundfunkThe Süddeutscher Rundfunk was a German radio and television station operating in the northern part of the state of Baden-Württemberg. It existed from 1949 to 1998, when it was merged with the then Südwestfunk to form the Südwestrundfunk....
1992 - Die Crux mit der Sprache. Passagen, SFB 1992
- Keine Vorkommnisse an der Grenzübergangsstelle / Faralya. stories. Literatur auf 1, RIASRIASRIAS can stand for one of the following:*Rias, the plural of Ria, a lower river valley submerged by the sea*"Research Institute for Advanced Study", the former research facility created by the Glenn L...
1988 - Der Chinese von Schöneberg / Die Traumdeuterin. stories. Radio 100, Berlin 1988
- Ich kann Dir nicht mehr in die Augen schauen. story. WDR 1985
Stories for Children
- Als das Kamel Bademeister war. Domino, HR, 2000
- Hakan und der kleine Bär. Ohrenbär, SFBSender Freies BerlinSender Freies Berlin was the ARD public radio and television service for West Berlin from 1 June 1954 until 1990 and for Berlin as a whole from German reunification until 30 April 2003...
1998 - Cora die Korsarin. Ohrenbär, SFB 1997
- Die traumhaften Reisen von Paula Pumpernickel und Emily Erdbeer. Ohrenbär, SFB 1996
- Das Mädchen, das Rätsel liebte. Panther und Co, DeutschlandRadioDeutschlandradioDeutschlandradio is a national German public broadcasting radio broadcaster. It operates four national networks, Deutschlandfunk, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Dokumente und Debatten and DRadio Wissen....
1995 - Reise zum Zauberberg. Lilipuz, WDR 1995
- Mehr vom Mondhügel. Ohrenbär, SFB 1995
- Ein Stadtbummel durch Istanbul. Panther und Co, DeutschlandRadio 1995
- Keloglans Streiche. Ohrenbär, SFB 1993
- Als das Kamel Ausrufer und der Floh Barbier war. Ohrenbär, SFB 1992
- Fingergeschichten. Ohrenbär, SFB 1991
- Eine Reise von A wie Aitmatow bis Z wie Zuckmayer. Passagen, SFB 1991
- Zurück in Aytepe. Passagen, SFB 1990
- Ein Haus mit sieben Zimmern. Ohrenbär, SFB 1990
- Vom Mondhügel. Ohrenbär, SFB 1989
External links
- Archive of Kemal Kurt
- buechernachlese.de.vu Reviews and tributes to Kemal Kurt from Ulrich KargerUlrich KargerUlrich Karger is an author and teacher of religion at a school for speech disabled children in Berlin.His publications are aimed at children and adults...