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Mazen Abdallah, born in southern Lebanon in 1957, studied in Beirut where he now works as a bank manager.

Mazen Abdallah, born in southern Lebanon in 1957, studied in Beirut where he now works as a bank manager.

Felix Ackermann, born in 1978, grew up in Berlin and obtained his doctorate in Frankfurt (Oder) under Karl Schlögel in 2008 with a thesis on the city of Grodno, now in Belarus. He taught at the European Humanities University in Vilnius between 2011 and 2016. He is currently conducting research on the history of the prison system in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the German Historical Institute Warsaw.

Felix Ackermann, born in 1978, grew up in Berlin and obtained his doctorate in Frankfurt (Oder) under Karl Schlögel in 2008 with a thesis on...

Bini Adamczak is a Berlin-based author and artist. Her work focuses on political theory, queer politics, and the past future of revolutions.

 

Bini Adamczak is a Berlin-based author and artist. Her work focuses on political theory, queer politics, and the past future of...

Gretel Adorno (née Karplus) was born in Berlin in 1902. She held a PhD in chemistry and from 1933 to 1937 managed a Berlin-based company that manufactured leather gloves. In the late 1920s, she was affiliated with numerous intellectuals including Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch and Bertolt Brecht. In 1923, she met Theodor W. Adorno, whom she married in exile in London in 1937. In 1938, the couple emigrated to the United States. They...

Gretel Adorno (née Karplus) was born in Berlin in 1902. She held a PhD in chemistry and from 1933 to 1937 managed a Berlin-based company...

Theodor W. Adorno was born in 1903 in Frankfurt am Main and died in 1969.  He was a leading German philosopher, and alongside his friends Siegfried Kracauer, Max Horkheimer, and Walter Benjamin, was a key representative of the »Frankfurt School«. The collected and posthumous works of Theodor W. Adorno have been translated into more than 40 languages.

Theodor W. Adorno was born in 1903 in Frankfurt am Main and died in 1969.  He was a leading German philosopher, and alongside his...

Ilse Aichinger was born on November 1, 1921 in Vienna, where she died on November 11, 2016. As a half Jew, she was drafted into forced labour during World War II. In 1945, she began studying Medicine for five semesters. In 1949, she became an editor at S. Fischer publishing house in Vienna and in 1951 a member of the Gruppe 47. She married Günter Eich in 1953. In 1956, she was made a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. She was also a...
Ilse Aichinger was born on November 1, 1921 in Vienna, where she died on November 11, 2016. As a half Jew, she was drafted into forced labour during...

Robert Alexy, born in 1945, is professor of Public Law and Legal Philosophy at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel.

Robert Alexy, born in 1945, is professor of Public Law and Legal Philosophy at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel.

Carolin Amlinger is a sociologist of literature and research associate at the Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies at the University of Basel. In 2022, she was awarded the Dissertationspreis of the University of Darmstadt for her doctoral thesis Schreiben. Eine Soziologie literarischer Arbeit.
Carolin Amlinger is a sociologist of literature and research associate at the Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies at the University of...

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author most famous for his fairy tales.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author most famous for his fairy tales.

Ruth Andreas-Friedrich (1901–1977) was a fighter in the German resistance to Nazism, a journalist and author. After the Nazis came to power, she and her partner Leo Borchard founded the resistance group »Onkel Emil«, which helped those persecuted by the Nazi regime by hiding them, providing them with food and procuring false papers. The group also campaigned for people sentenced to death, including Helmuth James Graf von...
Ruth Andreas-Friedrich (1901–1977) was a fighter in the German resistance to Nazism, a journalist and author. After the Nazis came to power,...

Yuri Andrukhovych was born in 1960 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. He is considered the leading contemporary Ukrainian writer. He writes poems, prose, essays and translates from German and Polish.

Yuri Andrukhovych was born in 1960 in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. He is considered the leading contemporary Ukrainian writer. He writes poems,...

Friedrich Ani was born in 1959. His first novel was published in 1996, and since then he has gone on to write crime novels, poetry and YA-fiction, as well as writing for TV, radio and theatre. He is an award-winning script writer, while his books have also received many prominent awards. So far, he is the only author ever to receive the German Crime Fiction Prize for three titles in the same year (2003).

Friedrich Ani was born in 1959. His first novel was published in 1996, and since then he has gone on to write crime novels, poetry and YA-fiction,...

Max Annas was born in 1963 in Cologne and has worked as a journalist and editor at publications such as Cologne’s StadtRevue, has written books on political and cultural themes, and has organised film festivals and series. Annas has lived in Berlin since 2016, after spending many years working at the University of Fort Hare in Eastern Cape province, where his research focused on South African jazz. Since his debut novel Die...
Max Annas was born in 1963 in Cologne and has worked as a journalist and editor at publications such as Cologne’s StadtRevue, has written...
Friedmar Apel, born in 1948, taught Literary Studies at the University of Bielefeld and wrote book reviews for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Das Buch Fritze was his first novel. He died on October 21, 2018 in Bielefeld.
 
Friedmar Apel, born in 1948, taught Literary Studies at the University of Bielefeld and wrote book reviews for the Frankfurter Allgemeine...

Arjun Appadurai, born in Mumbai in 1949, is Goddard Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University and currently a visiting lecturer at the Institute of European Ethnology at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Arjun Appadurai, born in Mumbai in 1949, is Goddard Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University and currently a visiting...

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) is one of the most significant thinkers of the 20th century. Driven into exile in America by the Nazis, she, a German-Jew, posed fundamental questions on philosophy and politics. Her life and thoughts opposed the constraints of the times with an attitude of independence and freedom.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) is one of the most significant thinkers of the 20th century. Driven into exile in America by the Nazis, she, a German-Jew,...

Jan Assmann was born in 1938. He is an Egyptologist, scholar of religious studies and cultural studies and was professor of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg. He was a visiting profressor in Berlin, Munich, Paris, Jerusalem and the USA. He has been managing an excavation project in Luxor, Egypt, since 1978. Jan Assmann passed away on 19 February 2024 in Konstanz, at the age of 85.
 

Jan Assmann was born in 1938. He is an Egyptologist, scholar of religious studies and cultural studies and was professor of Egyptology at the...

Martin Aust is Professor of the History and Culture of Eastern Europe at the University of Bonn.
Martin Aust is Professor of the History and Culture of Eastern Europe at the University of Bonn.
Fatma Aydemir was born in Karlsruhe in 1986 and studied German and American Studies in Frankfurt am Main. Her multi-award-winning debut novel Ellbogen was published in 2017. In 2019, she co-edited the essay collection Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum. Her second novel Dschinns was published in 2022 and was shortlisted for the German Book Prize. In 2023, she co-founded the literary magazine DELFI.
Fatma Aydemir was born in Karlsruhe in 1986 and studied German and American Studies in Frankfurt am Main. Her multi-award-winning debut novel...
Milan Babić was born in 1990 and is an associate professor of political economy at the University of Amsterdam. His research interests include the power resources of global corporations and the decarbonisation of large, state-owned enterprises.
Milan Babić was born in 1990 and is an associate professor of political economy at the University of Amsterdam. His research interests include the...
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