Stefan Weidner

Germany

Stefan Weidner

Stefan Weidner was born in Cologne in 1967. He studied Islamic studies, philosophy, and German studies in Göttingen, Damascus, Berkeley, and Bonn. He lives and works as a freelance writer, translator, and literary critic in Cologne. As a journalist, he writes for the FAZ, the Süddeutsche Zeigung, Deutschlandradio and the WDR-Hörfunk. In addition, he was the editor-in-chief of Art & Thought / Fikrun wa Fann – an Arabic, Persian, and English-language cultural journal focused on cultural exchange between the West and the Islamic-influenced cultures. Stefan Weidner has also translated and edited numerous collections of Arab poetry. In 2007, he received the Johann-Heinrich-Voss Prize for his translations. In 2021, as an expert on the Arab world and an observer of international politics, he published Ground Zero: 9/11 und die Geburt der Gegenwart (Ground Zero: 9/11 and the Birth of the Present), a plea to reconceptualize the world.


Ground Zero: 9/11 und die Geburt der Gegenwart. Hanser 2021
1001. Die Literaturen des Orients. Edition Converso 2019
Jenseits des Westens: Für ein neues kosmopolitisches Denken. Hanser 2018
Mohammedanische Versuchungen. Ein erzählter Essay. Suhrkamp 2008

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29th Leukerbad International Literary Festival: 6.20.–22.2025