Deniz Utlu
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Deniz Utlu (born 1983) is a German writer. He was born in Hannover into a Turkish immigrant family. He went to university in Berlin and Paris.
Utlu has written both fiction and non-fiction, including plays and poetry. His first two novels were Die Ungehaltenen (2014) and Gegen Morgen (2019). His third novel Vaters Meer (2023) gained him widespread acclaim. Among its many themes are the nature of Turkish immigration to Germany and the relation between father and son. Vaters Meer became a critical success and won the LiteraTour Nord Prize and the Bavarian Book Prize. It also received a special mention at the 2024 edition of the European Union Prize for Literature.
Utlu lives in Berlin. He ran the cultural magazine freitext between 2003 and 2013.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Deniz Utlu". Granta. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ^ https://www.suhrkamp.de/rights/person/deniz-utlu-p-15332
- ^ "Deniz Utlu | EU Prize for Literature". www.euprizeliterature.eu. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
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