Friedemann Karig is a journalist, author, and moderator from Berlin. He studied media science, politics, and economics and has written for Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, Spiegel Online, and Deutschlandfunk, among others. His nonfiction book Wie wir lieben was published by Blumenbar in 2017, followed by his debut novel Dschungel (Ullstein, 2019) and the nonfiction bestseller Erzählende Affen: Mythen, Lügen, Utopien – Wie Geschichten unser Leben bestimmen, (Ullstein, 2021). His novel Die Lügnerin will be published in September 2023 by Ullstein.

During his fellowship, Friedemann Karig will examine protest cultures in the United States. Taking as his starting point Henry David Thoreau’s term "civil disobedience," he will look at the civil rights movement, Occupy Wall Street, and Black Lives Matter and ask which protest cultures make today’s democracies vulnerable. 

Awards  

2021 | Nominated for German Non-Fiction Prize (for Erzählende Affen)
 
2019 | Nominated for ZDF-”aspekte”-Literaturpreis (for Dschungel)
 
2018 | Nominated for Henri-Nannen-Preis (for “Der Fehltritt”)
 
2016 | Nominated for Grimme-Preis (for Jäger & Sammler)
 

Selected Publications
 
2022 | with Samira El Ouassil: Link in Bio: Das Gespräch meines Lebens. DLF (radio talk series).
 
2021 | with Samira El Ouassil: Erzählende Affen: Mythen, Lügen, Utopien – wie Geschichten unser Leben bestimmten. Berlin: Ullstein.
 
2020 | “Der Rassist in mir.” Süddeutsche Zeitung (essay).
 
2019 | Dschungel. Berlin: Ullstein.
 
2017 | Wie wir lieben: Vom Ende der Monogamie. Berlin: Blumenbar.
 
2015 | “Befallen vom Überwachungsvirus.” DLF (audio essay).