Kenah Cusanit (born 1979 in Blankenburg (Harz)) is a German writer. [1]
Kenah Cusanit (born 1979 in Blankenburg (Harz)) is a German writer. [1]
Kenah Cusanit grew up in Berlin-Brandenburg. Initially, she studied archeology and, later on, Ancient Near East studies, ethnology and African studies. She graduated as a Master of Arts. Subsequently, besides writing prose and poetry, Cusanit worked as a journalist in Germany and abroad. [2] Cusanit's work has been published in numerous literary magazines like Edit, Ostragehege, poet, Sprache im technischen Zeitalter and manuskripte as well as regularly in anthologies like the Jahrbuch der Lyrik (Yearbook of Poetry). [3]
In 2019, Cusanit published her debut novel Babel which was granted the promotional prize of the Uwe-Johnson-Förderpreis in the same year and gained her much attention ever since. [4] [5] [6]
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