born writer joanna conley is an historical and literary detective persecuted storyteller who news between banks and fiction between languages and countries to come is novels deal with historical violence state oppression and memory 4 of them have been translated into german the most recent one madonna's last dream is a literary search for trysts is from the mouth. i started writing in germany. my wife my child and i were all tortured in turkey and we came here as damaged people. writing is my weapon. is the only thing i can do. through writing i raise my voice against injustice. it's my instrument of resistance. ready ready connally was born in 19. in 57 an art scene in northeastern turkey as a member of the outlawed revolutionary communist party of turkey he was imprisoned several times in 1992 he received political asylum in germany although he's no longer a turkish citizen he's repeatedly targeted by the turkish state upon entering turkey and 2010 connally was arrested and detained for several months for his alleged role in a robbery in 1998 he was eventually acquitted due to lack of e