Im Morgen wachst ein Birnbaum with Fikri Anil Altintas

In brief

Date - 12 March 2024

Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square

Speaker - Fikri Anıl Altıntaş (Berlin-based journalist and author)

Format - Reading (in German) and Q&A (in English and German)

Title - Im Morgen wächst ein Birnbaum

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About the event

In collaboration with the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst; German Academic Exchange Service) and Centre Stage Deutsch, we are delighted to welcome Fikri Anıl Altıntaş to Edinburgh to read from his debut novel, “Im Morgen wächst ein Birnbaum” (“A pear tree grows in the morning”).

Fikri Anıl Altıntaş is a journalist and author from Berlin. In his work, he discusses masculinity and role models, anti-feminism, and the (de)construction of non-white, Muslim-read masculinities in Germany.

His literary debut "Im Morgen wächst ein Birnbaum" was published in April 2023 by btb Verlag. The novel is a personal search for clues to the question: What does masculinity mean?

Following a reading from his novel, Fikri Anıl Altıntaş will answer questions in a bilingual (English and German) Q&A before a short reception.

Author photograph © Benjamin Zibner.

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