Berlin Fellowship 2018 — Literature

Ramy Al-Asheq

lives and works in Berlin (DE)

 

www.alasheq.net

 

Vita

Ramy Al-Asheq is a Syrian-Palestinian poet, journalist, curator. He has published five poetry collections in Arabic. Several texts have been translated into Bosnian, English, French, German, Kurdish and Spanish. 2014, literature scholarship Heinrich Böll Haus Langenbroich. 2015, literature award Al-Qattan Foundation, Ramallah. 2017, launch of the German-Arabic culture magazine FANN. 2018, curator for Literaturhaus Berlin, co-founder of the Arabic-German Literature Days Berlin, scholarships Künstlerhaus Lukas (Arenshoop) and Künstlerdorf Schöppingen.

Awards, Fellowships, Grants

2018

Fellowship, Akademie der Künste, Berlin

Literature grant and residency, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Schöppingen, Germany

Literature grant and residency, Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, Germany

2017

Best international entrepreneur of the year, MoneyGram, Rome

2015

Young Author Award, Special Prize and publication grant, Al-Qattan, Ramallah, Palestine

2014

Literature grant and residency, Heirich-Böll-Hous, Langenbroich, Germany

Publications

2017

In My Travel Outfit (لابس تياب السفر), Al-Qattan & Al-Ahlieah (publisher), Ramallah & Amman

2016

Since I Didn't Die (مذ لم أمت), Citizen House (publisher), Beirut

Weg sein – hier sein, Secession (publisher), Zurich

2014

Walking On Dreams (سيرًا على الأحلام), Al-Ayyam (publisher), Amman