Anne Weber (born 13 November 1964) is a German-French author, translator and self-translator.Wolton, Dominique (2006): ''Auteurs et livres de langue française depuis 1990''. Association pour la diffusion de la pensée française, p. 328-332. (in French) Since 1983 Anne Weber has lived in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. She studied in Paris and worked for several editors. Anne Weber started writing and publishing in French, but immediately translated her first book ''Ida invente la poudre'' into German ''Ida erfindet das Schießpulver''.Patrice Martin, Christophe Drevet (2001): ''La langue française vue d'ailleurs: 100 entretiens''.Tarik Éditions, p. 286. (in French) Since then she writes each of her books in

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

and

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

. Her

self-translation Self-translation is a translation of a source text into a target text by the writer of the source text. Self-translation occurs in various writing situations. Since research on self-translation largely focuses on ''literary'' self-translation, this ...

s are often published at the same time in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

and

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. In 2005 she received the 3Sat award at the

Festival of German-Language Literature The Festival of German-Language Literature (german: Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur, links=no) is a literary event which takes place annually in Klagenfurt, Austria. During this major literary festival which lasts for several days a number of ...

. For her

translation Translation is the communication of the Meaning (linguistic), meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The ...

Pierre Michon Pierre Michon (born 28 March 1945, Châtelus-le-Marcheix, Creuse) is a French writer. His first novel, ''Small lives'' (1984), is widely regarded as a genuine masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He has won several prizes for ''Small ...

she received a European translation award, the Europäischer Übersetzerpreis Offenburg. She was awarded the 2020

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 ...

Works in French

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Translations into French

Jacob Burckhardt Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (25 May 1818 – 8 August 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history. Sigfri ...

: ''Démétrios, le preneur de villes''. Paris 1992. * Eleonore Frey: ''État d'urgence''. Paris 1992. *

Wolfgang Schivelbusch Wolfgang Schivelbusch (born 26 November 1941) is a German scholar of cultural studies, historian, and author. Early life Wolfgang Schivelbusch was born on 26 November 1941 in Berlin. He studied literature, sociology, and philosophy. He has lived ...

: ''La nuit désenchantée''. Paris 1993. *

Hans Mayer Hans Mayer (19 March 1907 in Cologne – 19 May 2001 in Tübingen; pseudonym: ''Martin Seiler'') was a German literary scholar. Mayer was also a jurist and social researcher and was internationally recognized as a critic, author and musicologist ...

: ''Walter Benjamin''. Paris 1995. *

Birgit Vanderbeke Birgit Vanderbeke (8 August 1956 – 24 December 2021) was a German writer. Biography Born in Dahme, East Germany, Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, after her family moved to West Germany in 1961. Vanderbeke studied Law, Germanic ...

: ''Guerre froide''. Paris 1997. * Birgit Vanderbeke: ''Alberta reçoit un amant''. Paris 1999. *

Jakob Arjouni Jakob Bothe (born Jakob Michelsen; 8 October 1964 – 17 January 2013), better known by his pen name Jakob Arjouni, was a German author. He received the 1992 Deutscher Krimi Preis, German Crime Fiction Prize for ''One Man, One Murder''. Life J ...

: ''Un ami''. Paris 2000. *

Corinne Hofmann Corinne Hofmann (born June 4, 1960) is a German born author living in Switzerland, most famous for her multi-million selling memoir ''Die weisse Massai'' (The White Masai).Hofmann, Corine''The White Masai'' HarperCollins, 2005Hawker, Philippa (2 ...

: ''La Massaï blanche''. Paris 2000. *

Melissa Müller Melissa Müller (born 1967 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian journalist and author. She is the author of '' Anne Frank: The Biography,'' which draws on historical documents and personal interviews with those who knew Anne Frank to provide a ful ...

: ''La vie d'Anne Frank''. Paris 2000. *

Sibylle Lewitscharoff Sibylle Lewitscharoff (born 16 April 1954) is a German author. Among her novels are ''Pong'' (1998), ''Apostoloff'' (2009) and ''Blumenberg'' (2011). She has received several German literary awards, including the Georg Büchner Prize in 2013. E ...

: ''Pong''. Paris 2000. *

: ''Devine ce que je vois''. Paris 2000. * Elke Schmitter: ''Madame Sartoris''. Arles 2001. * Lea Singer: ''Le maître du goût''. Paris 2001. *

Wilhelm Genazino Wilhelm Genazino (22 January 1943 – 12 December 2018) was a German journalist and author. He worked first as a journalist for the satirical magazine '' pardon'' and for ''Lesezeichen''. From the early 1970s, he was a freelance writer who became ...

: ''Un parapluie pour ce jour-là''. Paris 2002. *

Norbert Lebert Norbert is a Germanic given name, from ''nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright". Norbert is also occasionally found as a surname. People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 1941 ...

: ''Car tu portes mon nom''. Paris 2002. * Sibylle Lewitscharoff: ''Harald le courtois''. Paris 2002. *

Erich Maria Remarque Erich Maria Remarque (, ; born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German-born novelist. His landmark novel '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during Worl ...

: ''Dis-moi que tu m'aimes''. Paris 2002. * Wilhelm Genazino: ''Un appartement, une femme, un roman''. Paris 2004.

Translations into German

: ''Leben der kleinen Toten''. Suhrkamp, 2003. *

Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...

: ''Hefte aus Kriegszeiten''. Suhrkamp, 2007. *

: ''Rimbaud der Sohn''. Suhrkamp, 2008.

References

External links

Interview mit Anne Weber von Schau ins Blau
(in German)
WorldCat

(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Anne 1964 births Living people German women writers 20th-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French women writers German writers in French French writers in German 21st-century French non-fiction writers 21st-century German writers 21st-century French women writers 21st-century German women