Imre Török

Imre Török came to Germany from Hungary as a young refugee. At first he lived in Lübeck and attended the Katharineum there. After graduating from high school, he studied German, history and philosophy in Tübingen, among others with Ernst Bloch. Török primarily writes stories and novels, in addition to radio plays, fairy tales, and philosophical and factual texts. In addition, he works as a 'lecturer for creativity' in adult education and volunteers in refugee aid. He was director of the municipal theater Sindelfingen and worked as ghostwriter and journalist. In 2003/04 he worked on the feature film Sophie Scholl. The Last Days. From 1996 to 2005, Török, whom Sigrid Löffler describes as a transnational writer, was chairman of the Association of German Writers in Baden-Württemberg. He was its national chairman from 2005 to 2015 and has been deputy national chairman since 2015. Török, who is also a member of P.E.N., was a co-founder of the Action Alliance for Fair Publishing Houses. Imre Török, who has spent time in Berlin and Turkey, has lived in the Allgäu region since 1990.