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Sharon Dodua Otoo the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Prize winner of 2016, is a Black British mother, activist, author and editor of the English language book series Witnessed. Her most recent publication is the German language novella Synchronicity (edition assemblage, 2014) which will appear in English at the end of 2015. Sharon's first novella the things i am thinking while smiling politely was published in English in 2012 and appeared in German as die dinge, die ich denke, während ich höflich lächele in 2013 (both also in edition assemblage). Sharon is an active member of the “Initiative Black People in Germany” (Die Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland [ISD-Bund] e.V.) and Phoenix e.V.

Languages: German, English

Sharon Dodua Otoo