Donka Dimova: The house in the distance

Poems and conversation

An apartment building that stands symbolically in Gröpelingen and carries many stories from Bulgaria, Turkey, Bremen and other places. They are held together by Nadezda, whose name means hope. She makes people speak. Floor by floor, apartment by apartment, room by room, the fates of the unheard are strung together. Anecdotes, wisdom about life abroad, Bulgarian songs and conversations create a panorama of a society on the margins. This book is an attempt to come closer.

The author

Donka Dimova grew up in Bulgaria and studied politics and social affairs in Bremen and Hanover. Her poems have been published in Bulgarian in collected editions and two of her own poetry collections Превод на ежедневието / Translation of Everyday Life (2015) and На границата. Поезия в пукнатина/ At the border. Poetry from the rift (2022). “Mehrfamilienhaus ohne Aussicht” is her first volume of poetry written in German.

In cooperation with globale° and Visionskultur e.V.

As part of the first Cohesion in Diversity Action Day