Şeyda Kurt

Şeyda Kurt (born 1992 in Cologne) is a German journalist, author, curator, presenter and podcaster who studied at the University of Cologne, Bordeaux Montaigne University and the Berlin University of the Arts. She writes books, essays, columns and theatre texts, including additional texts for Bertolt Brecht's Trommeln in der Nacht at Schauspielhaus Bochum. Her book on hate, translated by Jackie de Pont, was published in English by Verso as Hate: The Uses of a Powerful Emotion, and her debut novel, Zeit der Monster, was published on 21 July 2026. She writes a monthly advice column for Jacobin and has contributed commentary to Deutschlandfunk Kultur.