Jina Khayyer
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Jina Khayyer

Jina Khayyer is a writer, poet, painter and journalist. Born in Germany and of Iranian descent, Khayyer has been living in Paris and Provence since 2006. She writes in German, French and English for a number of publications in various countries, including The Gentlewoman, Fantastic Man and Apartamento. Her poems and drawings were recently exhibited at Kunsthalle Baden-Baden as part of the group exhibition SEA AND FOG (2024). In the Heart of the Cat is her debut novel and her first publication with Suhrkamp Verlag.
Jina Khayyer is a writer, poet, painter and journalist. Born in Germany and of Iranian descent, Khayyer has been living in Paris and Provence since 2006. She writes in German, French and English for a number of publications in various countries, including The Gentlewoman, Fantastic Man and Apartamento. Her poems and drawings were recently exhibited at Kunsthalle Baden-Baden as part of the group exhibition SEA AND FOG (2024). In the Heart of the Cat is her debut novel and her first publication with Suhrkamp Verlag.

PUBLICATIONS

In the Heart of the Cat
Year of Publication: 2025
Jina KhayyerYear of Publication: 2025

»I see the lifeless body of a young woman. The colours of an intensive care unit, pale blue, turquoise-green, ice-grey. Blood stuck to her ear. Instagram conceals nothing. Regardless of how many...

Rights sold to:

France (Christian Bourgois), Italy (Iperborea), Netherlands (De Geus), Denmark (Batzer), Romania (Editura Trei), Azerbaijan (Alatoran)
Domestic rights sales: German Audiobook (DAV), German radio reading (HR/NDR)


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News
Khayyer's debut novel has been longlisted for the country's most prestigious literary award.