SozanCoskun
Professional Mangaka from Germany
About me Biography
Sozan Coskun (born 1996) won the Manga Talent Award of the Leipzig Book Fair in 2011 and took third place in the manga competition of the German-Japanese Society in Berlin in 2013. In 2019 she completed her communication design degree at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences with a Bachelor of Arts.
In 2018 she self-published her short story collection Sternenstaub. The first chapters of Green Garden were created as her final university project. In spring 2019 the project was expanded into a series published by Altraverse, which concluded in 2022 after four volumes.
Since July 2023 she has been publishing Kiela und das letzte Geleit. The third volume was awarded the Tancho Award at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2026.
Alongside her work as an author she is co-founder and producer of the podcast IKIGAI – Der Mangakapodcast, which she has been releasing regularly with Caroline Tent (Racami) since spring 2020. Since 2025 the podcast has been supported by Altraverse and is published under the name IKIGAI – ein altraverse Podcast.
Kiela und das letzte Geleit (Vol. 1)
The Helsheim AG does business with death. Can a company that guarantees its clients safe passage to the afterlife perhaps also establish contact with the realm of the dead? That is what Kiela wonders, whose twin brother died of a heart condition at a young age. It would be her greatest wish to see him at least one more time …
Published in 2023 by Altraverse. German language edition.
ISBN: 978-3-7539-0955-4
Kiela und das letzte Geleit (Vol. 2)
Kiela works for the Helsheim AG, which guarantees its clients safe passage to the afterlife. She hopes this will let her make contact once more with her deceased twin brother Quin. First, though, she has to solve the mystery of a nun who has died but flatly refuses to be escorted to the other side …
Published in 2024 by Altraverse. German language edition.
ISBN: 978-3-7539-0956-1
Kiela und das letzte Geleit (Vol. 3)
Kiela meets her friend Mira, whom she has known since childhood. Things in Mira’s life are not going the way they should. Can Kiela help her friend …
Published in 2025 by Altraverse. German language edition.
ISBN: 978-3-7539-0957-8
Green Garden (Vol. 1)
In search of answers, Mai sets out for the legendary dream workshop. She has no idea yet that this is the beginning of a journey that will change her entire country. Because there is a great deal at stake … and not only for her.
Published in 2020 by Altraverse. German language edition.
ISBN: 978-3-96358-442-8
Green Garden (Vol. 2)
Mai is determined to find the mysterious Green Garden she learned about from her father. She is convinced that this is the only way humanity can be freed from the horrific nightmares that plague so many. But not everyone shares her view, and powerful opponents are taking up position.
Published in 2020 by Altraverse. German language edition.
ISBN: 978-3-96358-443-5
Green Garden (Vol. 3)
In her search for the mysterious Green Garden, Mai has ended up caught between all fronts. She still has not managed to find her father, and now she is being hunted by the government, which seems to fear the girl’s special gift. Even her new friend August, in whom she had built up trust, recently betrayed her and played her into the hands of the government’s representatives …
Published in 2021 by Altraverse. German language edition.
ISBN: 978-3-96358-444-2
Green Garden (Vol. 4)
On her search for the mysterious Green Garden, Mai is getting ever closer to her goal. She has realised that only she can stop the government, and she bravely faces her opponent. Fortunately August, whom she had come to doubt for a while, is back at her side. Her adventure is approaching its grand finale …
Final volume!
Published in 2022 by Altraverse. German language edition.
ISBN: 978-3-96358-473-2
Reviews
What the critics say
“The intricately drawn work is created digitally on a graphics tablet and is barely distinguishable from its Japanese models. Coskun’s characters, constantly in motion, do justice to the cinematic character of the medium while drawing on long-established, classical qualities of draughtsmanship.”
Tagesspiegel
Sabine Scholz
16 September 2023
(translated from German)
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14 October 2025
Sozan Coskun (@sozan_coskun) draws and writes manga and is one of Germany’s most successful mangaka. Sozan believes the country a manga comes from should no longer matter. Even so, there are differences: unlike Japanese manga, German manga tend to portray everyday reality more closely.
In “90 seconds in the life of” we introduce people who do something special – on a small scale as much as on a large one. We believe that everyone masters things in daily life that inspire others.
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