Hatice Açıkgöz
Hatice Açıkgöz, born in Bremen in 1993, studied literature in Gießen. In 2022, her short story ein oktopus hat drei herzen was published by Sukultur, and in 2023 her poetry debut, fancy immigrantin. ein poetisches tagebuch, was published by w_Orten & meer Verlag. Together with Dara Brexendorf and Zara Zerbe, she produces the podcast literarisch, solidarisch. In March 2026, an anthology of the same name, which she edited, was published by Verbrecher Verlag. For her work on her debut novel NUR SO EIN GEFÜHL, she was awarded several grants, including the ‘International Writers Program’ grant in Iowa (USA) and the Hamburg Literature & Comics Working Grant. The author lives in Hamburg.