Some of his lyrics are as seductive as oriental fairytale. Here, Navid Kermani analyzes sharply in their arguments, demanding their salary, tough judgment. Above all, the orientalist and writer concerned with issues that others do not put your finger: the Koran and the Bible, with the beauty and the horror of religions, with expectations and reality of the plural society – and with death. Because he “mediates between the worlds of experience of people of different national and religious backgrounds,” the Association of German Book Trade marks him with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in.
The ceremony is endowed with EUR 25 000 and will be awarded on October 18, the end of the Frankfurt Book Fair in St. Paul’s Church. Kermani is an intellectual challenge the supposed certainties and the debate is not afraid. He proved, among other things, last year, when he made a speech in the Bundestag on the 65th anniversary of the Basic Law and the asylum legislation criticized. Unusually Kermani’s versatility. He is a journalist, writer, expert of Islamic mysticism, a politically-minded ending, persuasive, writing human being who was born as the fourth son of Iranian parents in 1967 in Siegen and combines many worlds.
In Cologne, Cairo and Bonn he studied Oriental Studies, Philosophy and Theatre Studies. He is married to the Islamic scholar Katajun Amirpur and lives in Cologne since 1988. He was artistic director at several theaters. As a reporter, he has traveled through crisis regions of the world. Kermani knows from personal experience what it manifests itself. This distinguishes it from other experts. That gives its judgment. The October 18, can be an exciting day
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