René Aguigah, born in 1974 in Würzburg, heads the literature desk at Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandfunk Kultur. After studying history, philosophy, and journalism, he worked as an editor for WDR radio and later for the journal Literaturen. He was a member of the Leipzig Book Fair Prize jury (2013–15) as well as a fellow at Thomas Mann House, Los Angeles (2023), and is the author of the book James Baldwin. Der Zeuge. Ein Porträt [James Baldwin. The witness. A portrait, 2024]. Aguigah lives and works in Berlin.

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