Teju Cole
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Teju Cole is a photographer, novelist, and essayist. In 2013, he and the translator Christine Richter-Nilsson were awarded the Internationaler Literaturpreis for the novel Open City (2011). Cole’s other honors include the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Windham Campbell Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His most recent books are Human Archipelago (2019), a collaboration with the photographer Fazal Sheikh, and Fernweh (2020), a photobook. Cole is currently a Professor of Creative Writing at Harvard University.
As of August 2020
Events
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Internationaler Literaturpreis 2019
Award Ceremony: Internationaler Literaturpreis 2019
With a keynote by Teju Cole
Readings, conversations, discussions
Jun 18, 2019
International Literature Award - Haus der Kulturen der Welt 2013
Award Ceremony and Long Night of the Shortlist
Jun 12, 2013
Projekte
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