Judith Hermann
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Judith Hermann (born May 15, 1970) is a German author.
Herman was born in Berlin in the St. Joseph hospital. She took a degree in German and Philosophy, with the intention of eventually working as a journalist. In 1997, she decided instead to do an internship with New York newspaper and was awarded the Alfred-Döblin stipend from the academy of arts. While she was in America she wrote her first literary text, and realised that short stories were "her" genre.
In 1998 her first volume of short stories, called Sommerhaus, später was published, and well received by critics. From her work came the "sound of a new generation" and a "female wonder" (Spiegel 12/1999). She received both the Hugo Ball Prize and the Bremer Literatur-Förderpreis. In 2001 she was awarded the Kleist Prize.
This was followed up in 2003 by her second collection of stories Nichts als Gespenster.
[edit] Works
- Summerhouse, later (2001, HarperCollins) ISBN 0-06-000686-2
- Sommerhaus, später (1998, S. Fischer) ISBN 3-596-14770-0
- Nichts als Gespenster (2003, S. Fischer) ISBN 3-596-15798-6
[edit] Films
- Eisblumenfarm (based on "Sommerhaus, später")
- Short-film by Dominik Betz (2004); with Philip Hellmann, Sara Hilliger, Gunnar Solka
- Freundinnen
- Short-film by Tobias Stille (2005); with Anneke Kim Sarnau, Regina Stötzel, Murat Yilmaz
- Nichts als Gespenster
- Drama by Martin Gypkens (2006); with August Diehl, Chiara Schoras, Fritzi Haberlandt
[edit] External links
- Works by and about Judith Hermann in the German National Library catalogue
- Judith Hermann at the Internet Movie Database
- Portrait in "ZEIT" by Iris Radisch (German)
