»Raus! Nur Raus!«-Stipendien – Werkstattberichte

In the organizer's words:

Insights into the first six funded literary projects

We give a stage to the literary works that - supported by the Hamburg Research Grant - are in the making or have already been created. Work in progress is expressly encouraged here!

Hatice Açıkgöz is researching her debut novel in German cities where racist and right-wing extremist cases have come to light. In her novel project, Karen Köhler deals with the topic of "body as origin" and explores the limits of ego construction. Thanks to the scholarship, she is able to conduct interviews in a rehabilitation clinic and attend a seminar. Anselm Neft traveled to Japan to get to know Kōbe, the hometown of the main character of his new novel, and to study modern and classical Japanese art. For his autofictional project "Die Sache mit meinem Bruder", Sascha Preiß traces the last places where his brother, who died 20 years ago, lived - including Thuringia. Mia Raben's research in Łódź, her mother's hometown, was incorporated into her debut novel "Unter Dojczen", published by Kjona Verlag. Comic artist Xiyu Tomorrow gained lasting impressions while working at NASA in the USA, which are essential for the development of her graphic novel project "Frankenstine".

They all report on their research, sensory experiences, concepts and ideas, helpful encounters, organizational pitfalls and great chance discoveries.

The "Out! Nur raus!" scholarship is awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Media in cooperation with the Literaturhaus Hamburg.