Literature
Two novels follow a generation of migrant workers and, as Nachgeborene, re-examine their legacy while looking to the future. The call went out to female workers, and authors came to the fore. In the Telecom dormitories on the Stresemannstrasse, literature emerged. The dormitory itself was transformed into a literary space known as the Wonaym (Özdamar).
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VISUAL Verbeugungen vor den Frühen und nie Fernen
In 2014, Deniz Utlu’s multi-generational novel Die Ungehaltenen (The Indignant Ones) reflects on the first generation, paying tribute to them while navigating the right path in the footsteps of those who have passed on but are never absent. Ten years later, Necati Öziri’s Vatermal (Father Birthmark) explores a different aspect of this legacy, focusing on growing up stateless in a West German, migrant-populated, working-class city.
Die Ungehaltenen find their footing in themselves and in their act of not-forgetting. Vatermal addresses the topic of solidarity among later generations who, despite not knowing their fathers, have become fathers themselves. These literary continuities are found in the stories of people who had to invent their own language because they were never intended to speak.
- Moderated by Dîlan Çakır
- Curated by Shermin Langhoff
Part of 7th Berliner Herbstsalon ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE
IN GERMAN
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Dates
November 2025
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