Nevfel Cumart

Nevfel Cumart ( born May 31, 1964 in Lingen field ) is a German writer, speaker, literary translator and journalist of Turkish origin.

Career

Nevfel Cumart grew up in Stade and visited the local Vincent -Lübeck High School. After graduation in 1984 he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. Starting in the winter semester 1986/1987 he studied Turkish, Arabic, Iranian and Islamic Studies in Bamberg. Since 1993 he lives as a freelance writer, lecturer, translator and journalist in Stegaurach near Bamberg.

In 1983 his first of now sixteen volumes of poetry. This Cumart among the most prolific publishing German poets of the present, he has received several awards. In addition to poetry collections Cumart published a collection of short stories, prose, numerous articles, essays and literary essays in anthologies and publications. Some of his poems have been translated into Polish, Russian and Greek, two books of poetry published in two languages, German - English edition. He translated works by Turkish authors, among others, of Yaşar Kemal Aziz Nesin and into German.

Since 1992 Cumart literary editors of the Bamberg city magazine " Franconian night " and is a freelancer in the arts section of the daily newspapers " Franconian day" and " Nürnberger Nachrichten ". He lectures and conducts seminars on various topics türkeikundliche, migration in Germany and on the religion of Islam. His reading and lecture tours have taken him several times to foreign countries (including England, Ireland, Turkey, Switzerland, Poland).

Cumart is first Chairman of the New Society of Literature Erlangen eV ( NGL), a member of the PEN Center Germany, the Rotary Club of Bamberg Domreiter and the board of the Association of German writer (VS), Regional Group of Upper Franconia. He belongs to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Georges- Anawati Foundation at the promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue.

Awards

  • Author Promotion of Stade 1989
  • Literature Prize of the State of Rhineland -Palatinate in 1992
  • Author scholarship from the city of Bamberg in 1993
  • State funding Prize for Literature of Bavaria 1995
  • Residency at the Literary Colloquium Berlin ( LCB) in 1995 and 1996
  • Translators scholarship from the Foundation Yamantürk Istanbul 1998
  • Bavarian Culture Prize of the E.ON Bayern AG 2008
  • Culture Award Oberfrankenstiftung 2009
  • Pax-Bank Prize 2011 on a proposal from the Georges Anawati Foundation

Works

Poetry:

  • In the mirror. Stade: Järnecke Verlag, 1983
  • Heart in a sling. Stade: Törtel Verlag, 1985
  • A melting pot in the sea of ​​flames. Frankfurt: Dagyeli Verlag, 1988
  • The eternal water. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 1990.
  • Preserving the laugh. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 1993.
  • Ebedi Su. Eskisehir Eskisehir University Press, 1995
  • Transformations. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 1995.
  • Two worlds. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 1996.
  • Drowsy the stars. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 1997.
  • Waves of time / waves of time. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 1998.
  • In the fairy-tale roofs. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 1999.
  • I plant seeds in dreams. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 2000.
  • Pictures of the soul. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 2001.
  • Heading to home. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 2003.
  • Beyond Words - Beyond the words. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 2006.
  • Towards their lives. Dusseldorf. Gruppelo Verlag, 2009.

Narratives:

  • Wedding with obstacles. Dusseldorf: Grupello Verlag, 1998.

Editorship:

  • . 3000 generation DTV Verlag, Munich, 1998;
  • Rock dove - Tas Güvercin. Union Verlag Zurich 1998;
  • Build a house made ​​of star stones. Spätlese Publisher Nürnberg 2008;
  • The colors of the strangers. Genniges Verlag Bamberg 2009;
  • The discovery of words. Genniges Verlag Bamberg 2010;
  • Flotsam. Genniges Verlag Bamberg 2011.

Contributions in Anthologies (selection):

  • Self Portrait - Literature in Franconia. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 1999;
  • Fund in the sand. Delp Verlag, Bad Windsheim 2000;
  • Be A minor still and listening to. Publisher Walter E. Keller, 2001
  • Read poetry! A Bamberger anthology. Grupello Verlag, Dusseldorf 2000;
  • We reichts! A reading book against law. Geest -Verlag, Ahlhorn 2001;
  • All human dignity. Publisher Sauerland, Aarau 2001.
  • Free from fear and want. Patmos Verlag, 2004.
  • 30 anthology. Cousin -Verlag Geldersheim, 2007
  • The magic of the letters. Omnibus Verlag 2007
  • Build a house made ​​of star stones. Spätlese Verlag 2008
  • Signs & wonders. Perpetuum publishing Verlag Bamberg 2011
  • In the middle of Germany. Herder Verlag 2011
  • Rock lyrics. DTV Verlag, Munich, 2011

Translations from Turkish:

  • Yasar Kemal. The Tree of fools. Novel. Unionsverlag Zurich, 1997.
  • Fazil Hüsnü Daglarca: rock dove - Tas Güvercin. Poems. Unionsverlag Zurich, 1998.
  • Yasar Nuri Öztürk: 400 Questions about Islam - 400 answers. Grupello Verlag Dusseldorf, 2000.
  • Yasar Kemal. Good fib, Zilo! Novel. Baobab Verlag Zurich, 2002.
  • Yasar Nuri Öztürk: Rumi and Islamic mysticism: About the human image in IslamGrupello Verlag Dusseldorf, 2002.
  • Celil Oker: Swansong on the Bosporus. Novel. Unionsverlag Zurich, 2004.
  • Yasar Nuri Öztürk: The distorted Islam. Grupello Verlag Dusseldorf, 2007.
  • Celil Oker: Dark transactions on the Bosporus. Novel. Unionsverlag Zurich, 2008.
  • Rami M. Ayas: Henna Colored Rocks - Kinali Kayalar. Poems. Genniges Verlag, Bamberg., 2011.
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