Mely Kiyak writes: her most recent publication with Hanser was Frausein, in 2020. Her columns, Kiyak`s German Lesson, Kiyak`s Theatre Column and Kiyak`s Exile are published regularly in Germany and Switzerland.
“The more light-footed, funny and kiss-my-arsey your writing is, the more people lose it. I call it writing dangerously.”
Mely Kiyak applies an expert literary analyst’s eye to ...
“I am a woman. I like being one. That’s what I want to talk about.”
What being a woman means is illustrated by each individual life: beauty, implicitness and questions.
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"Mely Kiyak ist nicht nur eine der bekanntesten Kolumnistinnen Deutschlands. Sie ist auch die formvollendetste. Scharfsinnig, witzig und immer in der Lage, die Dinge in wenigen Sätzen so klarzustellen, dass selbst ich sie verstehe." Arno Widmann, Frankfurter Rundschau, 29.03.22
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