Litera­turtage Düssel­dorf | Verleih­ung des Düssel­dorfer Literatur­preises an Ronya Othmann

In the organizer's words:

For the 23rd time, the Art and Culture Foundation of Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf is awarding the Düsseldorf Literature Prize, which is endowed with 20,000 euros. This year's winner is the author Ronya Othmann, who lives in Leipzig.

In her documentary novel "Vierundsiebzig", Ronya Othmann tells the story of the genocide of the Yazidis by the Islamic State in a way that is as impressive as it is harrowing. The daughter of a German mother and a Yazidi father from northern Syria traces her own history, reconstructs the course of the genocide in the Shingal region, reports on those who were expelled or forced into slavery and travels to Turkey and northern Iraq in the footsteps of the eponymous "74th Ferman", the 74th massacre of her people.

Born in Munich in 1993 to a German mother and a Kurdish-Ezidi father, Ronya Othmann writes poetry, prose and essays and works as a journalist.

Registration at 0211-8786240 or by email to kulturstiftung@sskduesseldorf.de is required!

An event in cooperation with the Kunst- und Kulturstiftung der Düsseldorfer Sparkasse as part of the Literaturtage Düsseldorf.