Prosa der Verhältnisse #24

Aslı Erdoğan is a writer, human rights activist, particle physicist and former political prisoner. Her novel Requiem für eine verlorene Stadt (Requiem for a Lost City), now newly published in German, is a poetic and melancholic love letter to the city of Istanbul. It follows a nameless heroine as she goes into exile from her Turkish homeland, giving some insight into how the protagonist thinks and feels about politics, feminism and culture.

Aslı Erdoğan is an artist in residence at the Maxim Gorki Theater for the 2022/23 season.

Illustration © Leyla Sehar