Enis Maci
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Enis Maci

Enis Maci, born in 1993, studied creative writing at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig and cultural sociology at the London School of Economics. Her plays have been performed, among other venues, at the Schauspielhaus Vienna and the Schauspiel Leipzig to great acclaim. For the theatre season 2018/19, Enis Maci was the writer-in-residence at Mannheim’s National Theatre.

Enis Maci, born in 1993, studied creative writing at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig and cultural sociology at the London School of Economics. Her plays have been performed, among other venues, at the Schauspielhaus Vienna and the Schauspiel Leipzig to great acclaim. For the theatre season 2018/19, Enis Maci was the writer-in-residence at Mannheim’s National Theatre.

Awards (selection)
Max Frisch–Förderpreis 2022
Max Frisch–Förderpreis 2022

PUBLICATIONS

Karl May
Year of Publication: 2024
Enis Maci, Mazlum NergizYear of Publication: 2024
Karl May is a curious phenomenon – a small-time criminal, a conman, and Germany’s most successful writer of all time. Millions of Germans grew up with his books set in the Wild West, and with his characters Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. Not Enis Maci and Mazlum Nergiz. In this book, the two authors try to get to the bottom of this phenomenon: What’s all this about lying and surviving? What...
WONDER
Year of Publication: 2021
Enis MaciYear of Publication: 2021
»Let’s enter the former living room of a female dervish. There they stand, the pilgrims, with their bodies. And plead. And hope.
The body is a thread – and who turns the...
Rights sold to:

Portuguese rights (Artistas Unidos)

Ice Cream Parlour Europe
Year of Publication: 2018
Enis MaciYear of Publication: 2018

What might resistance look like nowadays? Seeking an answer, Enis Maci draws a direct line from Joan of Arc to Sophie Scholl to the sworn virgins of Albania. She exposes the media strategies of...

Rights sold to:

Slovenia (Beletrina), Albania (Berk)