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Yadé Kara

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Yadé Kara

Yadé Kara was born in 1965 in Cayirlu, Turkey, where she studied English and German. She works as an actor, teacher, manager, and journalist in Berlin, London, Istanbul, and Hong Kong. She lives in Berlin. Her 2003 novel, Selam Berlin, was awarded the Deutscher Buecherpreis for best debut and the Adelbert-Chamisso-Foerderpreis, and has been translated into several languages

Articles by Yadé Kara

Slow Freight

By Uwe Kolbe

Are we poor, Dad? Yes, Son, we’re poor. Not very. But poor enough. Why are we poor, Dad? I don’t know. Become somebody took it? Took what? I don’t know. Tibi Kárász said…

Translated from Hungarian by Yadé Kara

Selam Berlin

By Yadé Kara

Hi. My name is Hasan Kazan. In Berlin some people call me Hansi though my parents gave me the name Hasan Selim Khan. Oh yeah, my parents . . .They left Istanbul years ago and moved to West Berlin, the…

Translated from German by Tim Mohr

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Yadé Kara

Yadé Kara

Articles by Yadé Kara

Slow Freight

Selam Berlin