Born in Ankara, Turkey in 1961, Zafer ªenocak grew up in Istanbul and Munich before moving to Berlin where he resides today.
He writes books in German and Turkish as well as essays for German newspapers and radio stations. He has published the poetry volumes Flammentropfen (Flamedrops) and Ritual der Jugend (Rituals of the Youth), and Selected Poems, 1980-2005. His novels include Die Prärie, Gefährliche Verwandtschaft, as well as the Der Erottomane. His first novel written in Turkish, Alman Terbiyesi, was published in 2007 in Instanbul.
Door Languages, a selection of Zafer ªenocak's sixth volume of poetry Fernwehanstalten along with older and more recent work will be published by Zephyr Press in fall 2008, in English translation by Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright.
ªenocak has been Writer-in-Residence at several American Universities, among them M.I.T., Dartmouth College, Oberlin College, University of California at Berkeley, and Lafayette College.
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