Navid Kermani

1967 -

country of citizenship: Germany, Iran

languages spoken, written or signed: German

occupation: writer, orientalist, opinion journalist

award received: Hannah Arendt Prize, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal, State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, Cicero Orator Prize, Förderpreis des Ernst-Bloch-Preises, Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis, Ehrenpreis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln

official website: www.navidkermani.de

Navid Kermani (German: [naˈviːd kɛʁˈmaːni]; Persian: نوید کرمانی; [næˈviːd keɾmɒːˈniː]; born 27 November 1967 in Siegen, Germany) is a German writer and orientalist. He is the author of several novels as well as books and essays on Islam, the Middle East and Christian-Muslim dialogue. He has won numerous prizes for his literary and academic work, including the Peace Prize of the German Publishers' Association on 18 June 2015. Source: Wikipedia (en)