Cengiz Doğu
Cengiz Doğu | |
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Born | Izmir, Turkey | August 1, 1945
Died | November 14, 2019 | (aged 74)
Nationality | Turkish |
Citizenship | Turkey, Germany |
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Years active | 1966 - 2019 |
Cengiz Doğu (1 August 1945 – 14 November 2019) was a Turkish
.Life
Cengiz Doğu went to school in
After the 1971 Turkish military memorandum, all student associations were banned, and Cengiz Doğu was jailed for 20 days. He completed his military service from 1975 to 1977, but his studies were cancelled in 1977.[3] He worked as a newspaper proofreader and emigrated to Germany in 1978, but returned to Turkey after a few months. However, after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, Doğu had to fear for his life and fled to Germany for good.[2]
From 1981 to 1988 he lived in the
Cengiz Doğu was active in Germany with readings, civic actions for refugee and human rights, speaking engagements against racism and discrimination,[1][5] while earning his living as a storage worker.[6] Together with Osvaldo Bayer and Urs M. Fiechtner he developed the documentary short film Asylum (1984).[7] The film was shown at the International Festival of the Film Schools in Munich (Internationales Festival der Filmhochschulen München) and won a prize of the German Film Critics at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen (Internationale Kurzfilmtagen Oberhausen).[8]
In 1989 Doğu became a member of the "Verband deutscher Schriftsstellerinnen und Schriftsteller" and later was engaged in the Munich group of the "Werkkreis Literatur der Arbeitswelt",[9] a writers' group in Germany that not only involved professional but also freelance writers.[3] Doğu also participated in the events at the memorial site of the Dachau concentration camp.[10]
Cengiz Doğu died in Dachau after a long illness on 14 November 2019 and now rests at the Waldfriedhof.[3]
Poetry
Doğu's
In 1988 Doğu published
Bibliography
Books
- Das Lager gleicht nicht den Kerkern Anatoliens. Benzemiyor Anadolu hapishanelerine Neuburg'un mülteci kampı. Gedichte zweisprachig, Deutsch und Türkisch, Übersetzung Herbert Kugler, Verlag Schanzer Journal, Ingolstadt 1988. Zweite korrigierte und erw. Aufl. übers. v. Cengiz Dogu, Herbert Kugler und Lili Schlumberger-Dogu, Frieling, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8280-2602-5
- Neuburg-Lieder, Edition Pergamon, Selbstverlag, Dachau 1998
- Der Mensch, Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-3525-4
- Flüchtlinge: Die Straßenkinder der Menschheit. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-8117-6
Contributions
- Bericht aus Mamak. In: Anja Tuckermann (Hrsg.): In die Flucht geschlagen : Geschichten aus dem bundesdeutschen Asyl (= Sammlung Luchterhand. Nr. 0852). Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 978-3-630-61852-4, S. 144–150.
- Warum sind Sie aus Ihrem Land geflüchtet. In: Anja Tuckermann (Hrsg.): In die Flucht geschlagen : Geschichten aus dem bundesdeutschen Asyl (= Sammlung Luchterhand. Nr. 0852). Band 0852. Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 978-3-630-61852-4, S. 151–157.
Screenplay
- Asylum, Dokumentarfilm; Kurzfilm 1984; Regie: Friedrich Klütsch
References
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- ^ a b "Ein literarisches Wiedersehen nach 20 Jahren". donaukurier.de (in German).
- ^ a b c d e f "Mit Poesie gegen den Hass". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German).
- ^ Balbierer, Thomas. "Kompromisslose Kämpferin". Süddeutsche.de (in German).
- ^ "Alternative anbieten". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German).
- ^ "initiative 21 :: Gründung". www.initiative21.com.
- ^ "Asyl". Deutsche Filmbewertung und Medienbewertung FBW (in German).
- ^ "Asyl - Filmdetail - HFF München". www.hff-muenchen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "50 Jahre "Werkkreis Literatur der Arbeitswelt"". Westfalenspiegel (in German). 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "Startseite". www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ Cengiz Dogu (13 March 2016). ""Warum sind Sie aus Ihrem Land geflüchtet?"" (PDF). ked-nordkirche.de. p. 36. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
External links
- Literature by and about Cengiz Doğu in the German National Library catalogue