Yade Yasemin Önder was born in Wiesbaden in 1985, where she grew up there as well as in Kaiserslautern. After graduating from high school, she studied Literature and Education at the HU Berlin, Literary Writing at the German Literature Institute Leipzig and Scenic Writing at the Berlin University of the Arts as second-chance education.
She was shortlisted for the Fontane Literature Prize and received a work grant from the German Literature Fund. In spring 2024, the collective novel “Wir kommen” was published by DuMont, of which she is a co-author. She lives in Berlin and is working on her second novel.
In 2024 she wins the exile playward prize with her play„Bu sözler bizim – Die Worte gehören uns“ (The words belong to us).
Photo credits: Carolin Saage