Hello, I am Adem Kirbas. I was born in February 1988 in Zell am See in Austria. I've two siblings and I'm the middle child. My father was an unskilled  industrial worker in a sawmill and my mother was a cleaning woman in a hospital, both died tragically in a car accident in 2012. Despite being Turkish migrants my parents enabled all three of their children to attain higher education. 
I went to four years of primary school and four years into secondary school (Hauptschule). Thereafter I went to a business school (Handelschule) in Zell am See. I had to repeat one year of business school because I was a lazy slug!
However, after three years in business school without "Matura", I immediately found myself stranded, due to a lack of job opportunities. After futile attempts to find a job apt for my education I ended up working in the sawmill, where my father was working. From a migrant point, one can't overestimate the psychological " impression" this had. Nevertheless, I understood that life is different than what one is taught in school, and I learned important skills in these formative years of my work life.
I was a lazy student and that's why it came to everyone's surprise, when I announced to my family, that I wasn't done with my education and that I had decided to attend "Abendschule" to procure my "Matura" and the possibility to go to University.
I succeeded and decided to attend the University of Vienna. At first, it all looked like I would be delving into Business Studies, but then I discovered Philosophy and everything changed. Since I never had Philosophy in school, it became immediately captivating, I may have lost myself in this maze.
However, at University I took up writing. It started with philosophical term papers, then with fiction, short stories, novels, and screenplays. This all me.
  • Wien, Österreich
  • JoinedDecember 18, 2020



Stories by Adem Kirbas
The Beast by AdemKirbas
The Beast
The jungle is haunted. A terrible beast instills fear to the war-torn people. But for some the beast is the j...
Adem, geh' weg von hier!  by AdemKirbas
Adem, geh' weg von hier!
Die Geschichte dreht sich um eine Person, die sich durch viele Trauma in dessen Leben kämpft. Ein innerer Kon...
Dinner and Desire by AdemKirbas
Dinner and Desire
Officer employees go on their daily work routines until things change. The dynamic and social framework chang...