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Ulrike Draesner
Ulrike Draesner (born 1962 in Munich) is a German author. She was awarded the 2016 Nicolas Born Prize. Life and work The daughter of an architect, Draesner grew up in Munich, Germany. She received a Bavarian State scholarship for the best performing student at Gymnasium (Sixth Form) from the . She read Law, English and German literature as well as Philosophy in Munich, Salamanca, and Oxford. She worked as a lecturer Institute for German Philology from 1989 to 1993. In 1992, she received her doctorate for a dissertation on the Middle High German romance Parzival. In 1993, Draesner quit her academic career in order to work as a full-time author. She has lived in Berlin since 1994, writing both poetry and prose. Her novel ''Vorliebe'' (2010) is a romance novel. In 2014, her groundbreaking novel ''Sieben Sprünge vom Rand der Welt'' was published and a celebrated success. Draesner frequently collaborates in cross-media projects with other artists and merges literature with sculpting, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by population, third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 11th-largest city in the European Union. The Munich Metropolitan Region, city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Northern Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the population density, most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialects, Bavarian dialect area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny West neighborhood and raised in Oakland, California, Stein moved to Paris in 1903, and made France her home for the remainder of her life. She hosted a Paris salon, where the leading figures of modernism in literature and art, such as Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Ezra Pound, Sherwood Anderson and Henri Matisse, would meet.BBC Culture:Cath Pound. July 26, 2021. The shocking memoir of the 'lost generation'. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210726-the-scandalous-memoir-of-the-lost-generation In 1933, Stein published a quasi-memoir of her Paris years, ''The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas'', written in the voice of Alice B. Toklas, her life partner. The book became a literary bestseller and vaulted Stein from the relative obscurity of the cult-literature scene into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Women Writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Germany or whose writings are closely associated with it. A * Maximiliane Ackers (1896–1982), lesbian actress, novelist, scriptwriter * Martha Albrand (1914–1981), novelist * Helene Adler (1849–1923), German Jewish poet and educator * Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), German Jewish political theorist * Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), writer, novelist * Ludmilla Assing (1785–1859), short story writer, biographer * Anita Augspurg (1857–1943), feminist, lawyer, actress * Elisabeth Augustin (1903–2001), poet, short story writer, novelist, wrote in German and Dutch * Frau Ava (c.1060–1127), first woman writer in German B * Ingrid Bachér (born 1930), playwright, screenwriter * Bertha Badt-Strauss (1885–1970), journalist, biographer, translator * Amalie Baisch (1859–1904), writer of etiquette guide books * Zsuzsa Bánk (born 1965), novelist * Gertrud Bäumer (1873–1954), writer, feminist * Sybille Bedford (1873–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free University Of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and the humanities. It is recognised as a leading university in international university rankings. The Free University of Berlin was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period as a Western continuation of the Friedrich Wilhelm University, or the University of Berlin, whose traditions and faculty members it retained. The Friedrich Wilhelm University (which was renamed the Humboldt University), being in East Berlin, faced strong communist repression; the Free University's name referred to West Berlin's status as part of the Western Free World, in contrast to communist-controlled East Berlin. In 2008, as part of a joint effort, the Free University of Berlin, along with the Hertie School of Governance, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Text+Kritik
''Text+Kritik'' (stylized ''text+kritik'') is a quarterly German journal for literature, music, film, and cultural studies in which German-language writers have their works analysed and presented by fellow writers and experts in literary research and criticism. It was founded in 1963 by Heinz Ludwig Arnold who edited it from then until his death in 2011. At the time of the first edition, which appeared in 1963 and was dedicated to Günter Grass, the editorial team consisted of Lothar Baier, Gerd Hemmerich, Jochen Meyer, Wolf Wondratschek and Heinz Ludwig Arnold himself. Each edition is focused on a different theme, which usually means it deals with one specific German-language writer. Featured writers have been as varied as Theodor W. Adorno, Hannah Arendt, Arno Schmidt, Paul Celan, Daniel Kehlmann, Herta Müller, Yoko Tawada, Hubert Fichte, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Felicitas Hoppe and Rainald Goetz. In 2013 ''Text+Kritik'' celebrated its fiftieth anniversa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutscher Buchpreis
The German Book Prize (''Deutscher Buchpreis'') is awarded annually, in October, by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (''Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels'') to the best new German language novel of the year. The books, published in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, are nominated by their publishers, who can propose up to two books from their current or planned publication list. The books should be in shops before the short-list is announced in September of the award year. The winner is awarded €25,000, while the five shortlisted authors receive €2,500 each. It is presented annually during the Frankfurt Book Fair. The prize was created in 2005, as a successor to the Deutscher Bücherpreis, to heighten awareness for authors writing in German. It is based on the same idea as literary prizes such as the Man Booker Prize or the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roswitha-Preis
The Roswitha Prize (german: Roswitha-Preis) is the oldest German language prize for literature that is given solely to women. The Roswitha-Medal has been given almost yearly since 1973 by the city of Bad Gandersheim. In 1998 it received its modern designation along with an endowment of €5,500. It is named for Roswitha of Gandersheim, a 10th-century Benedictine nun who is considered the first female German playwright and author. List of Recipients *1973 Marie-Luise Kaschnitz *1974 Hilde Domin *1975 Ilse Aichinger *1976 Elisabeth Borchers *1977 Dagmar Nick *1978 Elfriede Jelinek *1979 Luise Rinser *1980 Rose Ausländer *1981 Hilde Spiel *1982 Friederike Mayröcker *1983 Sarah Kirsch *1984 Greta Schoon *1985 Irmtraud Morgner *1986 Ulla Hahn *1987 Irina Korschunow *1988 Gerlind Reinshagen *1989 Helga M. Novak *1990 Herta Müller *1991 No Award *1992 Helga Königsdorf *1993 Christa Reinig *1994 Monika Maron *1995 Libuse Monikova *1996 Gisela von Wysocki *1997 No Award *1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bosch Stiftung
The Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH () is a German foundation that owns a majority shareholding in Robert Bosch GmbH, from which it derives its funding. The foundation was established in accordance with the wishes of Robert Bosch, who died in 1942, and conducts and finances social, cultural and scientific projects. History In 1921, when Robert Bosch drew up his will, he established the Vermögensverwaltung Bosch GmbH, with instructions to the directors to decide within thirty years of his death whether or not his shares in Robert Bosch GmbH should be transferred into it. Bosch died in 1942, and this transfer took place in 1964. In 1969 the name was changed from Vermögensverwaltung Bosch to Robert Bosch Stiftung. In 2007 the holding of the Stiftung in Robert Bosch GmbH was approximately 92% of the issued stock. The work of the foundation is financed by income from it. Work The foundation both conducts and finances social, cultural and scientific projects, in accordance with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solothurner Literaturpreis
The Solothurner Literaturpreis is a literary award for a literary achievement by a German language writer. Awarded since 1994, the annual prize is 15,000 Swiss francs. It is named after the city of Solothurn in Switzerland. Winners *1994: Monika Maron *1995: Wilhelm Genazino *1996: Klaus Merz *1997: Christoph Ransmayr *1998: Thomas Hürlimann *1999: Birgit Vanderbeke *2000: Christoph Hein *2001: Anna Mitgutsch *2002: Erich Hackl *2003: Hanna Johansen *2004: Barbara Honigmann *2005: Kathrin Röggla *2006: Matthias Zschokke *2007: *2008: Jenny Erpenbeck *2009: Juli Zeh *2010: Ulrike Draesner *2011: Peter Bichsel *2012: Annette Pehnt *2013: Franz Hohler *2014: Lukas Bärfuss *2015: Thomas Hettche *2016: *2017: Terézia Mora *2018: Peter Stamm *2019: Karen Duve *2020: Monika Helfer *2021: * 2022: ''not awarded'' See also * German literature * List of literary awards * List of poetry awards * List of years in literature * List of years in poetry This article gives a chronol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Bamberg
The University of Bamberg (german: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg) in Bamberg, Germany, specializes in the humanities, cultural studies, social sciences, economics, and applied computer science. Campus The university is mainly housed in historical buildings in Bamberg's Old Town. These include the former Jesuit college (Theology), the former Hochzeitshaus (History), the old slaughterhouse (Earth Science), the former Bauhof (Communication Studies), and the former fire station (Oriental Studies). The departments of Languages and Literature are partly housed in buildings which once belonged to the Kaiser-Heinrich High School. The Social Sciences and Economics department and the Business Information Technology and Applied Computer Science department, which accommodate a large proportion of the students, are in Feldkirchenstrasse. The former ERBA cotton mill, on an island in the Regnitz, has been acquired to create student apartments in the red-brick building, as well as in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Droste-Preis
Droste-Preis is a literary prize awarded in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The city of Meersburg awards the Droste Prize in memory of the writer Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, who spent the last years of her life in Meersburg. It is awarded every three years. The award is endowed with €6,000 (First Prize (): €4,000). The award is only given to women. Winners *1957 Erika Burkart *1960 Nelly Sachs *1963 Christine Busta *1967 Rose Ausländer *1971 Hilde Domin *1975 Eva Zeller *1979 Gertrud Leutenegger *1982 Dorothee Sölle, Maria Menz *1985 Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer *1988 Elisabeth Plessen *1991 Jenny Aloni *1994 Eveline Hasler *1997 Friederike Mayröcker *2000 Helen Meier *2003 Kathrin Schmidt, First prize: Julia Schoch *2006 Ulrike Draesner, First prize: Marion Poschmann *2009 Marlene Streeruwitz, First prize: Silke Scheuermann *2012 Helga M. Novak, First prize: Ulrike Almut Sandig *2015 Judith Schalansky Judith Schalansky (born 20 September 1980) is a German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preis Der Literaturhäuser
Preis der Literaturhäuser is a German literary prize. Since 2002, it has been awarded to German authors annually by the ''Netzwerk der Literaturhäuser'' during the Leipziger Buchmesse for exceptional text and presentation skills. The prize contains a journey through the eleven Literaturhäuser in Germany with a cost of €11,000 (about $12,393 US) as well as a eulogy in honor of the author in all eleven Literaturhäuser. Award winners * 2002 Ulrike Draesner * 2003 Bodo Hell * 2004 Peter Kurzeck * 2005 Michael Lentz * 2006 * 2007 Sibylle Lewitscharoff * 2008 * 2009 Ilija Trojanow * 2010 Thomas Kapielski * 2011 Elke Erb * 2012 Feridun Zaimoglu * 2013 Hanns Zischler * 2014 Judith Schalansky * 2015 Nicolas Mahler * 2016 Ulf Stolterfoht * 2017 Terézia Mora * 2018 Jaroslav Rudiš * 2019 Antje Rávic Strubel * 2020 Marlene Streeruwitz Marlene Streeruwitz (born 28 June 1950) is an Austrian playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Biography Born in Baden bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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