Narmin Kamal

Narmin Kamal (Nərmin Kamal) (b. 9 October 1981) - Azerbaijani essayist and novelist, who also writes short stories and poems.

Work

Nermin Kamal is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature of Azerbaijan. She started her literary career with poetry in the late 1990s and as a novelist made her debut with Open, It's Me! (2010, Baku), the experimental novel, critically acclaimed, won Imadaddin Nasimi Prize and Young Novelist Radio Liberty Prize for debut novels.

Nermin Kamal holds BA (hons) in Philosophy and MA (D) in History of Philosophy. "Umberto Eco and Philosophy of Postmodernism" - her PhD work was published in 2008 and 2012 in Baku (Qanun Publishing), she was a visiting researcher in Spain and Italy, researched her PhD thesis at University of Navarra and Bologna University.

2008 - she was one of twelve European writers invited to write an essay for the young.euro.connect German festival.^[1] She was among the six invited to the readings in Berlin and Munich.

2010 - she won the first place at the essay competition "The Life and Thoughts of a Woman in Azerbaijan", organized with the generous support of the British Embassy in Baku.

She translated Sophie's World a novel on history of philosophy by Jostein Gaarder into Azerbaijani (2010).

2011 - Milo Dor Stipendiatinnen winner, writer-in-Residence in Vienna, Austria, Kulturkontakt.

2015 - Rafig Tagi Award winner.

She is one of the founder members of AYO (Azad Yazarlar Ocagi/Independent Writers Union)and deputy editor at Alatoran(2004-2008), first independent literature magazine after the Soviet era promoting reforming of the literary traditions left over from the Soviet era, published new generation Azerbaijani writers, as well as translations.

She is a regular contributor for BBC World Service/Azeri and RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Azerbaijani Service.

Books

• Yaquar yerişli zaman. Almanax. 2003, Adiloğlu nəşriyyatı
• "Qadın ilk dəfə" şeir kitabı, 2006. (AYO kitabları seriyasından Rasim Qaraca tərəfindən hazırlanıb və nəşr edilib)
• "Umberto Eco və Postmodernizm fəlsəfəsi", nəzəri kitab, 2008, 2012, Qanun nəşriyyatı
• Almaniyada esse almanaxı, 2009 "Freiheit. Ich verstehe das Wort nicht, weil ich sie nie entbehren musste"
• "Aç, mənəm", roman, 2010, Qanun nəşriyyatı

References

External links

• Deutsche Welle
• Modern Azerbaijani Anthology of Poetry Published in London
• New York Times
• Umberto Eco and Philosophy of Postmodernism. The book is in Azerbaijani. The Summary.
• Freiheit. Ich verstehe das Wort nicht, weil ich sie nie entbehren musste
• Narmin's poems, Alatoran
• - South Caucasus is a part of Europe
• - Essay on Creativity
• - Film, Baku, ZDF
• Residence in Vienna
• - Translated By, Istanbul audio exhibition