Mely Kiyak is an author and has received numerous awards, including the Theodor Wolff Prize, the Kurt Tucholsky Prize and, most recently, the Heinrich Mann Prize from the Academy of Arts. Her most recent publications published by S. Fischer Verlag are Herr Kiyak dachte, jetzt fängt der schöne Teil des Lebens an (2024); Werden sie uns mit FlixBus deportieren? (2022); Frausein (2020) and Thomas Mann. Deutsche Hörer! (2025). Gute Momente (2025) and Dieser Garten (2024) were published by mikrotext Verlag.

As of March 2026