3 Quotes & Sayings By Sophie Hardach

Sophie Hardach is a German author who lives in the Netherlands. She worked as a journalist for a German magazine and a daily newspaper, and wrote several novels, including "Die unheimliche Geschichte eines Mädchens." Hardach's novels have been translated into 26 languages. Hardach is the recipient of numerous awards, such as the Nikolaus-Hess-Preis for her novel "Der Grenzgänger," the Angelika Kauffmann-Preis for her novel "Zweiundzwanzig," and the Hansjörg Schell Prize for her novel "Ein neues Leben," and has been nominated for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and the Preis der deutschen Schillerstiftung. Hardach has also published several children's books, including "Jungs, lasst uns Fußball spielen!" (English: "Let's play football!") Read more

Hardach has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Hardach has taught creative writing at various universities around Europe and at Vincennes University in Paris.

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But since Kurdistan did not, as such, exist; since it was an imaginary land, stretching over scraggy mountains and deep valleys in Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria; since they were as landless as the Palestinians and as nameless as the Liberians, the Kurds didn't really exist either, and so, officially, they were Turks. Sophie Hardach
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You think it's impossible to be a passive fighter? Well, sometimes fighting just means existing. Existing, not going away, and quietly biding your time. Sophie Hardach