Angelika Overath
Angelika Overath
Angelika Overath (born July 17, 1957 in Karlsruhe) is a German author and journalist.[1]
Overath studied German literature, History, Italian Studies, and Cultural Studies at the University of Tübingen and wrote a PhD-thesis in 1986 about the colour blue in modern literature.
She regularly works as Writer in Residence for the German Section in the School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University,[2] and at Queen Mary's College, London. She also teaches creative writing for the Swiss Hyperwerk.
Prizes
- 1996 Egon-Erwin-Kisch Prize for literary reportage
- 2002/2003 One-year scholarship of the Deutscher Literaturfonds, Darmstadt
- 2005 Thaddäus-Troll Prize
- 2006 Ernst-Willner-Prize at the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Competition [3]
- 2007/2008 Writer in Residence at Queen Mary and Westfield College London [4]
- 2008 Swiss prize for independent journalism
- 2009 Longlist for the German Book Prize by the Börsenverein Deutscher Buchhandel [5]
- 2009 Shortlist for the Swiss Book Prize
Books
- Das andere Blau, Zur Poetik einer Farbe im modernen Gedicht. (1987) Stuttgart: Metzler.
- Händler der verlorenen Farben. (1998) Lengwil: Libelle.
- Vom Sekundenglück brennender Papierchen. (2000) Lengwil: Libelle.
- Schlimme Ehen. Ein Hochzeitsbuch, aus vielen Quellen zusammengetragen. together with Manfred Koch. (2000) Frankfurt: Eichborn.
- Spatzenweisheit. together with Horst Munzig. (2001) Freiburg: Herder.
- Mussenpraat. Dutch translation by Annette van Schoonhoven. (2003) Amsterdam: Palet Gifts. ISBN 978-90-427-0026-0.
- Schlaflos: das Buch der hellen Nächte. together with Manfred Koch. (2002) Lengwil: Libelle.
- Die Kunst des Einfachen. together with Manfred Koch. (2000) Freiburg: Herder.
- Toleranz. together with Navid Kermani and Robert Schindel. (2003) Göttingen: Wallstein.
- Das halbe Brot der Vögel. (2004) Göttingen: Wallstein.
- Generationen-Bilder. (2005) Lengwil: Libelle.
- Nahe Tage. novel (2005) Göttingen: Wallstein. / (2008) Munich: dtv.
- Genies und ihre Geheimnisse. 100 biographische Rätsel. together with Manfred Koch and Silvia Overath (2007) Berlin: List.
- Hunde mitzubringen ist erlaubt: Ein literarischer Salon. together with Manfred Koch. (2008) Berlin: List.
- Genies und ihre Geheimnisse, Band 2. 100 neue biographische Rätsel. together with Manfred Koch and Silvia Overath. (2009) Berlin: List.
- Flughafenfische. novel. (2009) Munich: Luchterhand.
- Short interview with the author about the genesis of the book and the difficulties translating her.
- Alle Farben des Schnees. Senter Tagebuch. (2010) Munich: Luchterhand.
- English review in New Books in German
- Rumantsch and German Interview in Televisiun Rumantscha
- Sie dreht sich um. Munich: Luchterhand 2014, ISBN 978-3-630-87349-7 [Excerpt http://www.randomhouse.de/leseprobe/Sie-dreht-sich-um-Roman/leseprobe_9783630873497.pdf]
References
- ↑ Queen Mary University of London – Writer in Residence 2007/2008: Angelika Overath. pdf-file, 1.3 MB, retrieved on November 20, 2010
- ↑ German Writer in Residence Dr. Angelika Overath at Newcastle University. pdf-file, 0.2 MB, retrieved on November 20, 2010.
- ↑ Bachmann Prize 2006 at Festival of German-Language Literature. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.
- ↑ Angelika Overath at Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, retrieved on November 19, 2010.
- ↑ German Book Prize 2009 at Frankfurt Book Fair Newsletter, Issue September 2009, retrieved on November 19, 2010.
External links
- Publications by and about Angelika Overath in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
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