Black German literature has a long history and it ranges from poetry and autobiographies to academic and activist writings. Yet even today, Black German authors are still less visible, especially when it comes to fiction. So, here is a list of our favorite Black German-language fiction.
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Berlin ist ein beliebter Schauplatz in der Literatur. In dieser Folge sprechen wir über 3 sehr unterschiedliche Berlin Bücher und ihre sprachlichen Besonderheiten. Es geht um Jessica J. Lees Mein Jahr im Wasser: Tagebuch einer Schwimmerin, um Sharon Dodua Otoos Adas Raum und Esi Edugyans Half Blood Blues. Sprache kann zum Lokalkolorit eines Textes beitragen und hat eine emotionale Bedeutung. Einige Sprachentscheidungen treffen Autor*innen und Verlage im Sinne ihre imaginierten Leser*innenschaft – was können sie verstehen oder was wäre vielleicht zu herausfordernd?
Shownotes
On 07 March 2024, we held our Author Meets Translator event with Sharon Dodua Otoo and Jon Cho Polizzi. Together we talked about the novel Adas Raum (Ada’s Room/Ada’s Realm), narrative perspectives, dialect and humour.
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We could introduce Sharon Dodua Otoo by way of the many prestigious accolades she has received, but really her work speaks for itself. At poco.lit. we’ve been fans of her work for a long time and are delighted to present a conversation between her and her talented translator Jon Cho Polizzi as part of our event series “author meets translator”. We’ll be talking about the novel Adas Raum (Ada’s Room/Ada’s Realm), about humour, Berliner Schnauze, and doing politics in language and literature. Join us!
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Adas Raum is ambitious and epic in scope, gripping and intelligent in execution, and somehow both unforgiving and funny. It will let you meet Ada in her different iterations through the ages, as well as God in a number of irreverent and charismatic guises
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