Deniz Utlu is an essayist, columnist, and writer. He founded the culture and society magazine freitext and studied macro-economics in Berlin und Paris. His debut novel, “Die Ungehaltenen”, was published in 2014 (Graf Verlag) and was adapted by the Maxim Gorki Theater for the stage in 2015. His second novel, “Gegen Morgen”, was released in 2019 (Suhrkamp Verlag). Utlu is the author of numerous essays that have appeared as features in newspapers and anthologies (most recently in: “Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum”, Ullstein, 2019). The writer has received numerous awards for his literary work.
