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Sharon Dodua Otoo is a bestselling author, activist, curator, and publicist. Her debut German-language short story, Herr Gröttrup setzt sich hin [Herr Gröttrup Sits Down] was awarded the 2016 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, the highest accolade for German-language short fiction. Born in London, England, the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants, Otoo has lived and worked most of her adult life in Germany. Although Otoo publishes extensively in both English and German, her recent work, including her first novel, the 2021 Adas Raum [Ada’s Room], were written in German. Merging Afrofuturism with German Realism and highlighting the inheritance of radical Black transnational feminist thought in contemporary Berlin-based activism, Otoo has quickly developed a reputation as one of the most exciting and influential voices in Germany today.

As a special session of its Colloquium Series, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures is excited to welcome Sharon Dodua Otoo to celebrate the English-language publication of Ada’s Room in conversation with her translator, Dr. Jon Cho-Polizzi, 2022 LSA Collegiate Fellow and Assistant Professor of German.

Please pre-register for this event using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/e/1FAIpQLSegojPbh-DxawTvxVIvdspsG1npr7CFUnQ5ap21cguxw4pLGQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

This event has been made possible with generous co-sponsorship from the Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of English, and the Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop Alamanya: Transnational German Studies.