Angelika Overath (born 17 July 1957 in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

) is a German author and journalist. Overath studied German literature, History, Italian Studies, and Cultural Studies at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Wü ...

and wrote a PhD-thesis in 1986 about the colour blue in modern literature. She regularly works as Writer in Residence for th
German Section
in th
School of Modern Languages

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public university, public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is ...

, and at Queen Mary's College, London. She also teaches creative writing for the Swis
Hyperwerk
and has founded th
Schreibschule Sent
which offers seminars in creative writing both in German and Rumantsch.

Prizes

*1996 Egon-Erwin-Kisch Prize for literary

reportage Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

*2002/2003 One-year scholarship of the Deutscher Literaturfonds, Darmstadt *2005 Thaddäus-Troll Prize *2006 Ernst-Willner-Prize at the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Competition *2007/2008 Writer in Residence at Queen Mary and Westfield College London *2008 Swiss prize for independent journalism *2009 Longlist for the

German Book Prize 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, publ ...

by the Börsenverein Deutscher Buchhandel German Book Prize 2009
at

Frankfurt Book Fair The Frankfurt Book Fair (German: Frankfurter Buchmesse, FBM) is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. It is considered to be the most important book fair in the world for internationa ...

Newsletter, Issue September 2009, retrieved on November 19, 2010. *2009 Shortlist for the

Swiss Book Prize The Swiss Book Prize (german: link=no, Schweizer Buchpreis) is a literary award awarded annually by a jury on behalf of the Swiss Booksellers' Association. The prize amount is CHF 30,000. The award was instituted in 2008 following the example of ...

*2023 Longlist

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. . *''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. **Shor
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 i

**Rumantsch and Germa

in Televisiun Rumantscha *''Sie dreht sich um''. Munich: Luchterhand 2014, xcerpt http://www.randomhouse.de/leseprobe/Sie-dreht-sich-um-Roman/leseprobe_9783630873497.pdf dedicated to

Henrike Lähnemann Henrike Lähnemann (born 1968) is a German medievalist and holds the Chair of Medieval German, University of Oxford. She is a Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Career Lähnemann is the daughter of the theologian , and the granddaughter of the Ger ...

*''Ein Winter in Istanbul''. Munich: Luchterhand 2018, translation of
short extract
in the

Fortnightly Review ''The Fortnightly Review'' was one of the most prominent and influential magazines in nineteenth-century England. It was founded in 1865 by Anthony Trollope, Frederic Harrison, Edward Spencer Beesly, and six others with an investment of £9,000; ...

*''So träume und verschwinde ich. Liebesgedichte von Edip Cansever, Cemal Süreya und Turgut Uyar. Türkisch-Deutsch'', herausgegeben und übersetzt zusammen mit Nursel Gülenaz, btb München 2021, . *''Krautwelten''. Insel Bücherei 1504, Suhrkamp 2021, . *''Schwarzhandel mit dem Himmel/ Marchà nair cul azur. Gedichte Deutsch/Vallader''. Telegramme Verlag, Zürich 2022, . *''Unschärfen der Liebe''. Luchterhand, München 2023,

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