Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç (*1989) is a Berlin-based political scientist, writer and interdisciplinary artist. In spring 2023, his highly acclaimed book Muslimaniac. The Career of an Enemy Image was published by Verbrecher Verlag. In addition to academic texts, Keskinkılıç writes columns, essays, prose, radio plays and poetry. His poems are published in various literary journals and anthologies and translated into different languages, including English, Italian, Kazakh and Czech. His poetry debut Prinzenbad was published by ELIF Verlag in 2022. His lyrical works have been presented as part of multimedia art exhibitions at the Grassi Museum Leipzig, the Literaturpassage Vienna and most recently at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Keskinkılıç is currently writing a novel.
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