Anna Kaleri (born 1974 in

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) is a

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writer and screenwriter.

Biography

Anna Kaleri was born 1974 in the

Harz Mountains The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

in the former GDR. She studied from 1996 to 2002 at the

German Institute for Literature The German Institute for Literature (German: ''Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig'', DLL) is a part of Leipzig University. It was founded in 1955 under the name Johannes R. Becher-Institut. Among the noted writers who graduated from the school a ...

in Leipzig. After her

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from this school for writers, she studied

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. Currently, she lives in

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and works freelance since 2002. She writes

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...

, screenplays and does journalistic works. Her prose début "This man exists" was published in 2003. Three years later, in 2006, her autobiographical novel "Highlife" which broached the time of

Die Wende The Peaceful Revolution (german: Friedliche Revolution), as a part of the Revolutions of 1989, was the process of sociopolitical change that led to the opening of East Germany's borders with the West, the end of the ruling of the Socialist Unity ...

was published. After years of research, Kaleri wrote the novel "Sky is a mirror" (German: Der Himmel ist ein Fluss, 2012), a fictional approach to the life of her unknown grandmother how died at the end of

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Bibliography

*''Es gibt diesen Mann'',

Luchterhand Literaturverlag The Luchterhand Literaturverlag is a German publisher of contemporary literature based in Munich. It was founded in 1924, and was acquired by Random House in 2001. Luchterhand is considered one of the most prestigious publishers in Germany. Public ...

2003 *''Hochleben'', Mitteldeutscher Verlag 2006 *''Der Himmel ist ein Fluss'', Graf Verlag 2012 (hardcover), List Verlag 2014 (softcover)

Leipziger Volkszeitung The ''Leipziger Volkszeitung'' or ''LVZ'' (German for ''Leipzig People's Newspaper'') is a daily regional newspaper in Leipzig and western Saxony, Germany. First published on 1 October 1894, the LVZ was formerly an important publication of the ...

2012, October 26th
„Berauschend, tragisch, groß“ by Janina Fleischer

Awards

*1997 Weddinger Literaturpreis *2003 Wiepersdorf – Stipendium der Sächsischen Kulturstiftung *2004 Grenzgängerstipendium der Robert-Bosch-Stiftung *2004 Hörspielstipendium des Deutschen Literaturfonds *2007 Arbeitsstipendium der Sächsischen Kulturstiftung

References

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