Kemal Kurt (October 29, 1947 in Çorlu, Turkey - October 21, 2002 in Berlin, Germany) was an author, translator and photographer.
1966-72 studies in Turkey and in United Statessince 1975 living in Berlinsince 1977 artistic photographysince 1981 first book publications1983 PhD at the TU Berlinsince 1990 working as a freelance writerReading tours throughout Germany and Poland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Turkey, Switzerland, South Africa, USAKemal Kurt has written short stories, novels, poetry, essays, features, children's books, radio plays, TV-filmscripts for children and published photography.
The heart of his work was the writing and not least the telling for children, primarily in broadcasting, in particular for multiple ARD-channels simultaneously transferred "Ohrenbär"-series of the SFB.
For adults, he wrote poetry, essays, short stories and satirical novels. Attention is here Was ist die Mehrzahl von Heimat? (1995), a pointed reflection of his ambivalent relationship with a Turkish origin and the German way of life as well as his satirical novel Ja, sagt Molly (1998), in which he settles with the most brilliant of Literature. For many years the books of Kemal Kurt are also part of the curriculum of several American universities.
That left behind photo archive of Kemal Kurt includes 20000 images. Still by himself as a traveling exhibition of photos and poems conceived, menschen.orte is thanks to his estate managers inner part of current presentations.
In 1999 he had a fellowship at the Villa Aurora (exile home of Lion Feuchtwanger) in Pacific Palisades, CA, in 2000 at the international writers' retreats Hawthornden Castle at Edinburgh and "Waves of Three Seas" at Rhodes, 2001 at Centrum for Arts & Creative Education in Port Townsend, WA. In 1991 and 2000 he had grants from the foundation Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung Berlin for children's fiction. "Wenn der Meddah kommt" was listed among the three best German children's books in the spring of 1996 by WDR, Radio Bremen and Saarländischer Rundfunk and "The five Fingers and the Moon" was chosen the Best Picture Book of the month December 1997 by the German Academy for Children's Books.
Der Chinese von Schöneberg. stories. Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-924423-40-7menschen.orte. poetry & photos. ISBN 3-924423-37-7Ja, sagt Molly. novel. Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-924423-34-2Was ist die Mehrzahl von Heimat?. essay. Reinbek 1995, ISBN 3-499-13520-5Beim nächsten Ton. poetry. Berlin 1988Abuzer Güler. Gedichte. Berlin 1988Scheingedichte / Şiirimsi. poems, German / Turkey. Berlin 1988Bilder einer Kindheit. novel and photos. Berlin 1986...weil wir Türken sind /...Türk olduğumuz için. photos and stories; German / Turkey. Berlin 1981Die Sonnentrinker. Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-357-00519-0Die verpatzten Zaubersprüche. Gossau-Zürich 2002, ISBN 3-314-00947-XEnglish (Marianne Martens):
Mixed-up Journey to Magic MountainItalian (Andrea Passannante):
Il mago pasticcioneFrench (Michelle Nikly):
Demi-tour de magieDutch (Christine Kliphuis):
De muslukte toverspreukYunus. Big Book for the knees. Berlin-München 2001Danish:
Det er migLuxembourgish:
Dat sinn echDutch:
Dit ben ikEine echt verrückte Nacht. Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-357-00905-6Korean:
Als das Kamel Bademeister war. Turkey Tales. Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-922825-64-8Cora die Korsarin. Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-7915-1165-3Die Kinder vom Mondhügel. Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-7915-1164-5Die fünf Finger und der Mond. picture book. Gossau-Zürich 1997, ISBN 3-314-00824-4English (
Anthea Bell):
The Five Fingers and the MoonFrench (Géraldine Elscher):
La lune et les cinq doigtsGreek:Dutch (Toby Visser)
Vijf vingermannetjes op de maanSieben Zimmer voller Wunder. Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-7915-1163-7Dutch (Yvonne Kloosterman):
Zeven kamers vol wonderenWenn der Meddah kommt. Turkey tales for children. Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-7915-1162-9 and Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-12-262150-9Hans de Beer: Kleiner Eisbär wohin fährst du? to Küçük beyaz ayı nereye gidiyorsun?, picture book, Gossau-Zürich 1994Hans de Beer: Kleiner Eisbär, hilf mir fliegen! to Küçük Beyaz Ayı, Yardım Et Uçayım!, Bilderbuch, Gossau-Zürich 1999Hans de Beer: Kleiner Eisbär, kennst du den Weg? to Küçük Beyaz Ayı Yolu Biliyor Musun?, Bilderbuch, Gossau-Zürich 2001Marcus Pfister: Der Regenbogenfisch to Gökkuşağı Balığı - picture books, Gossau-Zürich 1994Marcus Pfister: Der Regenbogenfisch schließt Frieden to Gökkuşğı Balığı Barışıyor - picture books, Gossau-Zürich 1998Marcus Pfister: Der Regenbogenfisch überwindet seine Angst to Gökkusağı Balığı Korkusunu Yeniyor - picture books, Gossau-Zürich 2000Marcus Pfister: Regenbogenfisch, komm hilf mir! to Gökkusağı Balığı, Bana Yardım Et! - picture books, Gossau-Zürich 2000Bahman Nirumand, Belge Yayınları: Iran - hinter den Gittern verdorren Blumen, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1985 ISBN 3-499-15735-7 to İran – Soluyor Çiçekler Parmaklıklar Ardında, Istanbul 1988Gülten Dayıoğlu: Sık Dişini to Beiß die Zähne zusammen, together with V. Augustin and E. Giere, Berlin 1981to the ZDF-series: Karfunkel – Stories with children of the whole worldAuf den Spuren von Lakatosch. (R: Alejandro Quintano) 1994Can und Oleg. (R: Yasemin Akay) 1994Heimliche Weihnacht. (R: Yasemin Akay), 1992Öffnen Sie den Koffer, Herr Özyurt!. (R: Thomas Dräger), 1991Autorenporträt. Series Domino, HR, 2001Aziz Nesin - Das schlaflose Gewissen der Türkei. Series Wortspiel, DeutschlandRadio 1995Die Meinung beim Früh-Stück. commentaries à 3 min. SFB 1994-1998Livevortrag eigener Gedichte mit dem Musiker Hasan Kuzu. Unterhaltung am Samstag, WDR 1992-1993Ein Leben in Anatolien. SDR 1992Die Crux mit der Sprache. Passagen, SFB 1992Keine Vorkommnisse an der Grenzübergangsstelle / Faralya. stories. Literatur auf 1, RIAS 1988Der Chinese von Schöneberg / Die Traumdeuterin. stories. Radio 100, West-Berlin 1988Ich kann Dir nicht mehr in die Augen schauen. story. WDR 1985Als das Kamel Bademeister war. Domino, HR, 2000Hakan und der kleine Bär. Ohrenbär, SFB 1998Cora die Korsarin. Ohrenbär, SFB 1997Die traumhaften Reisen von Paula Pumpernickel und Emily Erdbeer. Ohrenbär, SFB 1996Das Mädchen, das Rätsel liebte. Panther und Co, DeutschlandRadio 1995Reise zum Zauberberg. Lilipuz, WDR 1995Mehr vom Mondhügel. Ohrenbär, SFB 1995Ein Stadtbummel durch Istanbul. Panther und Co, DeutschlandRadio 1995Keloglans Streiche. Ohrenbär, SFB 1993Als das Kamel Ausrufer und der Floh Barbier war. Ohrenbär, SFB 1992Fingergeschichten. Ohrenbär, SFB 1991Eine Reise von A wie Aitmatow bis Z wie Zuckmayer. Passagen, SFB 1991Zurück in Aytepe. Passagen, SFB 1990Ein Haus mit sieben Zimmern. Ohrenbär, SFB 1990Vom Mondhügel. Ohrenbär, SFB 1989Ulrich Karger (Hrsg.): Briefe von Kemal Kurt (1947−2002) − mit Kommentaren, Nachrufen und Rezensionen. Paperback 2013, ISBN 978-1-4818-7999-6 (E-Book: EAN/ISBN 978-3-8476-2863-7) 
