van Ryneveld, Hannelore07/12/201007/12/20102006van Ryneveld, H.E. (2006). Writing from the margins - and beyond. Journal for the Study of Religion, 19 (2): 115-124.https://hdl.handle.net/10566/180In 1987 Jos� F. A. Oliver published his first poetry volume Auf-Bruch in Germany. His standing as a German-speaking poet from Spanish-Andalusian stock was linked to the Gastarbeiterliteratur, or migrant worker literature in Germany, a literature that writes from the margins of both the literary and economic world of the Federal Republic of Germany. Developments within Oliver's oeuvre over the past twenty years, how ever, indicate a movement away from the literary periphery into main-stream German literature. This article explores these dynamics, using Jos� F. A. Oliver's writings to illustrate this conjecture.enThe Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa has approved the deposit of this article it previously published. Further non-commercial use of this material is permitted.Migrant writings in GermanyGerman poetryArticle