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Marko Martin

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(author) born in 1970, left the GDR in May 1989 as a conscientious objector and lives, if not journeying, as a writer in Berlin. In 2000, his highly acclaimed novel “Der Prinz von Berlin” was published. His volumes of stories “Schlafende Hunde” and “Die Nacht von San Salvador” were published in the Anderen Bibliothek, among others. Recent publications: “Madiba Days – Eine  südafrikanische Reise”, “Tel Aviv – Schatzkästchen und Nussschale, darin die ganze Welt” and the story collection “Umsteigen in Babylon”.

His reports, essays and columns can be found regularly in newspapers such as WELT, Welt am Sonntag and the feuilleton of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Martin is a member of the PEN Centre of German-speaking authors abroad, where he has been working in the human rights section “Writers in prison” for years.

Der Prinz von Berlin. Roman. Quadriga Verlag, Berlin 2000. 

Schlafende Hunde. Short stories. Die Andere Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main 2009.

Die Nacht von San Salvador. Ein Fahrtenbuch. Short stories. Die Andere Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main 2013.

Treffpunkt ´89. Von der Gegenwart einer Epochenzäsur. Portraits and essays. Wehrhahn Verlag, Hannover 2014.

Madiba Days. Eine südafrikanische Reise. Literary diary. Wehrhahn Verlag, Hannover 2015.

Tel Aviv. Schätzkästchen und Nussschale, darin die ganze Welt. autobiographical city portrait. Corso Verlag, Hamburg 2016.

Umsteigen in Babylon. Short stories 2007–2011. Männerschwarm Verlag, Hamburg 2016.

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