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Franz-Hessel-Preis
Franz-Hessel-Preis or Franz Hessel Prize for Contemporary Literature is a literary prize of French literature, France and Germany for French and German authors. The prize was created as a tribute to the writer and translator Franz Hessel. This Franco-German prize is conceived and organized by the Villa Gillet in Lyon and the Genshagen Foundation in the Land of Brandenburg (next to Berlin). The award is supported by the German Federal Government for Culture and Media and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. History The award was presented for the first time on 10 December 2010 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. It was presented by German Culture Minister Bernd Neumann and French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand as sponsors of the Franco-German Council of Ministers. Each year, two authors, one German, the other French, are awarded. The award-winning author must have recently published a work, ideally in the year the prize is given. The winners are selected by an inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatma Aydemir
Fatma Aydemir (born 1986) is a German author and journalist based in Berlin. She is best known for her novel ''Ellbogen'' (Elbow), which won both the 2018 Franz-Hessel-Preis, Franz Hessel Prize and the Klaus-Michael Kühne, Klaus Michael Kühne prize for best debut novel of 2017. Biography Aydemir was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany. She is the granddaughter of Turkish people, Turkish-Kurds, Kurdish Human migration, immigrants. She is an editor and columnist for ''Die Tageszeitung''. Before it ceased publication, she wrote for the German music magazine ''Spex (magazine), Spex''. She also founded a bilingual (German and Turkish) portal in response to incursions against press freedom in Turkey. Works * * References External links K24 interviewWords Without Borders Interview 1986 births Living people 21st-century German journalists 21st-century German women writers German people of Turkish descent Writers from Karlsruhe Journalists from Berlin German newspaper j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fridolin Schley
Fridolin Schley (born 29 October 1976) is a German writer. In 2007 he won the Toucan Prize for his novel ''Wildes schönes Tier'', and in 2021 again for ''Die Verteidigung''. Life Fridolin Schley was born in Munich on 29 October 1976. He went to school in Gauting and then studied German studies, philosophy and political science in Munich and Berlin, followed by a course of studies at the University of Television and Film Munich. He received his PhD for his works on W. G. Sebald. In 2007 he was invited to the Festival of German-Language Literature to read from his novella ''Unannehmlichkeiten durch Liebe''. He is a member of the German section of PEN International and works as a freelancer for ''Die Zeit''. He lives in Munich. Reception The '' FAZ'' attests his debut novel ''Verloren, mein Vater'' "literary finesse" and "bravery"; he impressed with his dealing with social topics. Awards * 2001: Hermann-Lenz-Preis studentship for ''Verloren, mein Vater'' * 2001: Bayerisch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Vuillard
Éric Vuillard (4 May 1968, Lyon) is a French writer and film director. He has made two films, ''L'homme qui marche'' and ''Mateo Falcone'', the latter based on a story by Prosper Merimee. He is the author of ''Conquistadors'' (2009) which won the Prix de l'inaperçu in 2010. He won the Prix Goncourt in 2017 for '' L'Ordre du jour''. His literary works include: * ''Le Chasseur'', Éditions Michalon, 1999 *''Bois vert'', Éditions Léo Scheer, 2002 *''Tohu'', Éditions Léo Scheer, 2005 *''Conquistadors'', Paris, Éditions Léo Scheer, 2009 (Prix Ignatius J. Reilly, 2010) *''La bataille d’Occident'' (stories) Actes Sud, 2012 ( (Franz-Hessel-Preis 2012, Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud The Prix Valery Larbaud is a French literary prize created in 1967, ten years after writer Valery Larbaud's death, by ''L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud'', an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works. The prize is ... 2013) *« Un endroit où aller », 2012 (Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Montalbetti
Christine Montalbetti is a French novelist, playwright and professor of literature at the University of Paris. In her writing, Montalbetti practices what Warren Motte calls "intrusive narration," or a narrative style that engages the reader directly in dialogue. Thus in one of her short stories, Montalbetti remarks to the reader, "you are the one person who many imagine flawlessly the particular trouble that the unlucky hero of this story experiences." Christine Montalbetti has written nine works of fiction, many of which have been translated into English and published with Dalkey Archive Press. Her most recent book, ''Nothing But the Waves and Wind'', was awarded the 2014 Franz-Hessel-Preis Franz-Hessel-Preis or Franz Hessel Prize for Contemporary Literature is a literary prize of French literature, France and Germany for French and German authors. The prize was created as a tribute to the writer and translator Franz Hessel. This Fra ... for the best work of contemporary fictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Lüscher
Jonas Lüscher (born 22 October 1976 in Schlieren) is a Swiss-German writer and essayist. Early life Lüscher grew up in Bern where he later trained between 1994 and 1998 at the Muristalden Evangelical Teacher Training School (''Evangelische Lehrerseminar Muristalden'') to qualify as a primary school teacher. Career He spent a few years as a script editor and screenwriter for the Munich film industry. He then undertook studies at the Munich School of Philosophy from 2005 to 2009, earning a master's degree in 2009. At the same time he was working as a freelance editor. From 2009–2001 Lüscher researched ethics in science at the TTN Institute (Institut Technik-Theologie-Naturwissenschaften) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. In 2011 Lüscher moved to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (''Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich'' or ETH). There he embarked on a dissertation under the supervision of philosopher Michael Hampe on the work of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Peltzer
Ulrich Peltzer (born 9 December 1956) is a German novelist. Life Peltzer was born in Krefeld. Starting in 1975, he studied philosophy and social psychology in Berlin. He graduated as a psychologist in 1982. Since then he has been working as a full-time author. , he has written five novels. Four of them deal with his experiences in Berlin, but one takes place in New York (''Bryant Park''). Peltzer usually rejects conventional, realistic descriptions of reality. Instead, his characters are depicted through a stream-of-consciousness technique. Peltzer lives in Berlin. Awards Peltzer has received several awards: *1992 Bertelsmann-award at the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in Klagenfurt *1996 Berliner Literaturpreis of the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung *1997 Anna Seghers Prize *2000 Preis der SWR-Bestenliste *2001 Niederrheinischer Literaturpreis of the city of Krefeld *2003 Bremer Literaturpreis *2008 Berliner Literaturpreis for lifetime achievement *2009/2010 Stadtschreiber von Berg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathrin Röggla
Kathrin Röggla (born 1971) is an Austrian writer, essayist and playwright. She was born in Salzburg, and lives in Berlin since 1992. She has written numerous prose works, including essays, dramas and radio plays. She has won a long range of awards for her literary works. In May 2012 she was elected as a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin. And in November 2015 she got also elected as member of the national Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt. Röggla is married with the theater director, actor and translator Leopold von Verschuer and mother of a son. Prizes * 1992: Jahresstipendium des Landes Salzburg für Literatur * 1993: Preis des Internationalen Open-Mike-Festivals Berlin * 1994: Nachwuchsstipendium für Literatur des Bundesministeriums für Unterricht und Kunst * 1995: Meta-Merz-Preis * 1995: Reinhard-Priessnitz-Preis * 1995: Staatsstipendium des Bundesministeriums für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst * 1997/1998: Staatsstipendium für Literatur de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Minard
Céline Minard (born 1969 in Rouen) is a French writer. Biography After studying philosophy, she devoted herself to the work of writing, sometimes collaborating with visual artists. Her work would mark "the return of pure and hard fiction in the French literary landscape". In 2007 and 2008, she was a resident of the Villa Médicis in Rome. In 2011, she was a resident of Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto in Japan. In 2008, her 4th novel, ''Bastard Battle'', was rewarded with a special mention by the jury of the Prix Wepler. In 2011, she received the prestigious Franz-Hessel-Preis for ''So Long Luise''. With ''Faillir être flingué'', she was rewarded with several prizes including the in 2013 and the Prix du Livre Inter in 2014. Works *2004: ''R.'', Comp'Act. *2005: ''La Manadologie'', Musica Falsa Éditions *2007: ''Le Dernier Monde'', Denoël. *2008: ''Bastard battle'', , coll. « Laureli » *2010: ''Olimpia'', Denoël *2011: ''So long, Luise'', Denoël *2011: ''Les Ales'', in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ferrier
Michaël Ferrier (born 14 August 1967) is a French writer, novelist and essayist, living in Tokyo. Biography Ferrier was born in Strasbourg. He comes from a French family and also from Mauritian Creole people and Réunion Creole people, with Indian, French, Malagasy and British origins. After a nomadic childhood (Africa and Indian Ocean), he gained entrance to the highly selective École Normale Supérieure, at the age of 18, where he passed the agrégation in literature (highest teaching diploma in France) and graduated from the University of Paris. He is currently Professor at Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, and director of the Research Group Figures de l'Etranger (In the face of alterity: The image of the Other in arts and society). Works Ferrier has published several novels and essays, whose interdisciplinary work (in the fields of literature, art, music and philosophy) includes several books on Japan, which has become a standard reference in the field. His first novel, ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothee Elmiger
Dorothee Elmiger (born 1985 in Wetzikon) is a Swiss writer. She presently lives in Switzerland. Elmiger is considered one of the most promising young Swiss writers, especially after winning the second Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, the Kelag Prize, in 2010. Life After finishing school her primary schooling, Dorothee Elmiger went to New Hampshire before beginning her studies of philosophy and political sciences at the University of Zurich. She received her professional training at the Swiss Institute for Literature in Biel/Bienne and at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig, where she spent an exchange semester. Elmiger has won several prizes, including the aspekte-Literaturpreis and the Rauris Literature Prize for best literary debut. In 2014, Elmiger received the Hermann-Hesse-Förderpreis for her second novel ''Schlafgänger'', in 2015 she was awarded a Swiss Literature Award by the Federal Office of Culture and the Erich Fried Prize. Her work has been translated into s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille De Toledo
Camille de Toledo (born 25 June 1976, in Lyon, France) is a French writer and a visual artist. Biography Camille de Toledo studied history and political science at Sciences Po as well as law and literature at the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense. He then continued his education at the London School of Economics before going on to study cinema and photography at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. Upon returning to France in 1996, he founded ''Don Quichotte'', a ''Zapatist magazine'' for which he is a photographer and columnist. Camille de Toledo uses the heteronym Oscar Philipsen particularly to sign ''Rêves'', his book published in October 2003 in the Éditions de La Martinière. In 2004, he received a grant from the Villa Médicis. In 2005, he began writing the tetralogy. ''Strates'', described as "a fictional archeology". Two of the four installments have been published: ''L'Inversion de Hieronymus Bosch'' (ed. Verticales 2005), renamed ''Au temps des mons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Literature
French literature () generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written in the French language, by citizens of other nations such as Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, etc. is referred to as Francophone literature. France itself ranks first on the list of Nobel Prizes in literature by country. For centuries, French literature has been an object of national pride for French people, and it has been one of the most influential components of the literature of Europe. One of the first known examples of French literature is the Song of Roland, the first major work in a series of poems known as, " chansons de geste". The French language is a Romance language derived from Latin and heavily influenced principally by Celtic and Frankish. Beginning in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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