Özlem Özgül Dündar
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Özlem Özgül Dündar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983 (age 42–43) Solingen, Germany |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Language | German |
| Genre | screenplays |
| Notable works | Turks, Fire |
Özlem Özgül Dündar (born 1983 in Solingen, Germany)[1] is a German poet, essayist, translator, and novelist.
Dündar was born in Solingen, Germany. She attended the University of Wuppertal and studied philosophy and literature there. After traveling to Ireland, where she completed a semester abroad,[2] Turkey, and Paris, she worked with several artists collectives,[3] among other Kanack Attak Leipzig, Kaltsignal, GID, and the Ministry for Compassion.[4]
She moved to Leipzig in 2015 to attend the German Institute for Literature, where she experienced a lot of racially motivated attacks on refugee homes, which ultimately inspired her to write her debut screenplay.[5]
