Carolin Würfel

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Carolin Würfel

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4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Carolin Würfel

When I first visited Istanbul nearly 20 years ago, I spoke with an academic who had lived through Turkey’s military coups and political upheavals – some that had unfolded overnight. He was wise and wary, and though I didn’t fully grasp the weight of his words then, they have stayed with me. “If we’re not careful,” he warned in 2006, “we’ll end up under an authoritarian regime.”For two decades, his premonition lingered, occasionally breaking through the surface.

Dec 23, 2024 | theguardian.com | Carolin Würfel

Recently I found this note in my 2021 diary: “Moved into this apartment five days ago, waiting for loneliness to catch up, but it hasn’t come.” I had written it in September of that year. I had just moved from Berlin to Istanbul, alone. It was meant to be a three-month stay – the plan was to return to Berlin by Christmas. But I didn’t return. It has now been more than three years andI’ve never felt more alive. Before the move abroad, I’d lived with my partner for more than a decade.

Aug 14, 2024 | zeit.de | Carolin Würfel

Waren die Frauen in der DDR emanzipierter als ihre Zeitgenossinnen in der Bonner Republik? Ein Gespräch mit der Historikerin Annette Schuhmann und dem westdeutschen Regisseur Torsten Körner, der gerade einen Film dazu gedreht hat Zusammenfassung Zusammenfassen DIE ZEIT: Herr Körner, Sie haben gerade als westdeutscher Mann einen Film über Frauen in der gedreht. Hatten Sie dabei Bedenken?

Apr 27, 2023 | zeit.de | Thomas de Maizière |Jella Haase |Verena Keßler |Anke Stelling |Carolin Würfel |Titus Schade | +1 more

Zur Leipziger Buchmesse: Welche ostdeutschen Schriftsteller sind die besten? Wir haben Gastautoren um ihr Votum gebeten. Wenn Ostdeutschland irgendwo richtig gleichberechtigt ist, angekommen im ganzen Land, dann wahrscheinlich in der Literatur. Autorinnen und Autoren aus dieser Region stehen auf den Bestseller-Listen, sie bespielen die Programme großer Verlage, und die Leipziger Buchmesse, die in dieser Woche stattfindet, ist eine wichtige Impulsgeberin des internationalen Markts.