Feuchtwanger Fellowship
Every year, Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e. V. in cooperation with Reporters without Borders Germany and the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library at the University of Southern California (USC), awards a fellowship for up to six months to writers and journalists who defend human rights and/or are persecuted in their home countries.
With this program, Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e. V. commemorates the exile of artists and intellectuals during World War II and calls attention to the fact that censorship and suppression of free speech is still prevalent around the world.
Former Feuchtwanger Fellows:
Akinwumi Adesokan, Nigeria
Tin Tin Win, Burma
Kunle Ajibade, Nigeria
Zineb Laouedj, Algeria
Shahid Nadeem, Pakistan
Pierre Mujomba Mumbere, Congo
Syl Cheney Coker, Sierra Leone
Zeynel Abidin Kizilyaprak, Turkey (Kurdistan)
Mary Ayubi, Afghanistan
Xu Xing, China
Galima Bukharbaeva, Uzbekistan
Sanath Balasooriya, Sri Lanka
Christopher Mlalazi, Zimbabwe
Amir Hassan Cheheltan, Iran
Hassouna Mosbahi, Tunisia
Sviatlana Kurs, Belarus
Tin Tin Win, Burma
Kunle Ajibade, Nigeria
Zineb Laouedj, Algeria
Shahid Nadeem, Pakistan
Pierre Mujomba Mumbere, Congo
Syl Cheney Coker, Sierra Leone
Zeynel Abidin Kizilyaprak, Turkey (Kurdistan)
Mary Ayubi, Afghanistan
Xu Xing, China
Galima Bukharbaeva, Uzbekistan
Sanath Balasooriya, Sri Lanka
Christopher Mlalazi, Zimbabwe
Amir Hassan Cheheltan, Iran
Hassouna Mosbahi, Tunisia
Sviatlana Kurs, Belarus
Pham Doan Trang, Vietnam
Yasmin Merei, Syria
Diane Nininahazwe, Burundi