Navid Kermani
Navid Kermani was born in Siegen in 1967 and now lives in Cologne. Besides being an author, he is also an established Islamic scholar and a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature and of the Hamburg Academy of Sciences. He has received numerous awards for his literary and academic writing. In 2015, he was awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), with the jury stating that he was »one of the most important voices in our society.«
Navid Kermani was born in Siegen in 1967 and now lives in Cologne. Besides being an author, he is also an established Islamic scholar and a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature and of the Hamburg Academy of Sciences. He has received numerous awards for his literary and academic writing. In 2015, he was awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), with the jury stating that he was »one of the most important voices in our society.«
Samuel Bogumil Linde Prize 2018
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 2015
Kleist Prize for Dein Name 2012
Hannah Arendt Prize 2011
Buber Rosenzweig Medal 2011
Samuel Bogumil Linde Prize 2018
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 2015
Kleist Prize for Dein Name 2012
Hannah Arendt Prize 2011
Buber Rosenzweig Medal 2011
PUBLICATIONS
The Book of the Listeners Slain by Neil Young
It begins with the colic – night after night the narrator’s newborn daughter is beset by cramps. The only remedy: the songs of Neil Young. For father and daughter this means a journey through the Canadian singer’s...