Hanna Johansen, born Hanna Margarete Meyer (17 June 1939 in Bremen), is a Swiss writer. She studied

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and

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at the Universities of

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and

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. From 1967 to 1969 she lived in

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, and in 1972 she moved with her then husband

Adolf Muschg Adolf Muschg (born 13 May 1934) is a Swiss writer and professor of literature. Muschg was a member of the Gruppe Olten. Biography Adolf Muschg was born in Zollikon, canton of Zürich, Switzerland. He studied German studies, English studies ...

to Kilchberg, Zurich, where she still lives today. Johansen began her literary career as a translator of American avant garde authors, and soon moved on to original work, particularly stories for children. She published her first novel in 1978. She is a member of

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Switzerland and of the ''Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung'' in

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Prizes

* 1980 Ehrengabe des Kantons Zürich * 1986 Marie-Luise-Kaschnitz-Preis * 1987

Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis The Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis is a literary award in memory of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. The prize is given annually to up to three recipients by the ''Conrad Ferdinand Meyer-Stiftung'' in Zurich. Laureates *1938 Max Frisch *1939 Franz Fisch ...

(together with Martin Hamburger) * 1990 Schweizerischer Jugendbuchpreis * 1991 Kinderbuchpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen * 1993 Österreichischer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis * 1993 Literaturpreis des Landes Kärnten beim Ingeborg-Bachmann-Wettbewerb * 1993

Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar is a literary prize of Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden ...

for ''Über den Himmel'' * 2003

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: Monik ...

* 2007 Anerkennungsgabe der Stadt Zürich

Works

* ''Die stehende Uhr'', 1978 * ''Jan und die Großmutter'', 1978 (as Hanna Muschg, with Gisela Degler-Rummel) * ''Ein Meister des Innehaltens'', 1979 * ''Trocadero'', 1980 * ''Die Analphabetin'', 1982 * ''Auf dem Lande'', Hörspiel, NDR, 1982 * ''Bruder Bär und Schwester Bär'', 1983 (as Hanna Muschg) * ''Die Ente und die Eule'', 1984 (as Hanna Muschg) * '' Siebenschläfergeschichten'', 1985 (as Hanna Muschg) * ''Über den Wunsch, sich wohlzufühlen'', 1985 * ''Zurück nach Oraibi'', 1986 * ''Felis Felis'', 1987 * ''Ein Mann vor der Tür'', 1988 * ''Die Geschichte von der kleinen Gans, die nicht schnell genug war'', 1989 * ''Die Schöne am unteren Bildrand'', 1990 * ''Dinosaurier gibt es nicht'', 1992 * ''Über den Himmel'', 1993 * ''Kurnovelle'', 1994 * ''Ein Maulwurf kommt immer allein'', 1994 * ''Der Füsch'', 1995 (with

Rotraut Susanne Berner Rotraut Susanne Berner (born 26 August 1948, in Stuttgart) is a German graphic designer and illustrator. She illustrated ''The Number Devil'' by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. She is well known for a series of popular children's book, called Wimmelbi ...

) * ''Die Hexe zieht den Schlafsack enger'', 1995 (with Käthi Bhend) * ''Universalgeschichte der Monogamie'', 1997 * ''Der Zigarettenanzünder'', Hörspiel, SWF, 1997 * ''Bist du schon wach?'', 1998 (with Rotraut Susanne Berner) * ''Halbe Tage, ganze Jahre'', 1998 * ''Vom Hühnchen, das goldene Eier legen wollte'', 1998 (with Käthi Bhend) * ''Maus, die Maus, liest ein langes Buch'', 2000 (with Klaus Zumbühl) * ''Maus, die Maus, liest und liest'', 2000 (with Klaus Zumbühl) * ''Sei doch mal still!'', 2001 * ''Lena'', 2002 * ''"Omps!" – ein Dinosaurier zu viel'', 2003 * ''Die Hühneroper'', Zürich, Nagel & Kimche, 2004 * ''Ich bin hier bloß die Katze'', 2007 * ''Der schwarze Schirm'', 2007 * ''Ein Krokodil''

Bibliography

* Elisabeth Stuck: ''Hanna Johansen. Eine Studie zum erzählerischen Werk 1978–1995.'' Sprache und Dichtung. N.F. 44. Haupt, Bern 1997. * Vesna Kondric Horvat: ''Der eigenen Utopie nachspüren.'' Zur Prosa der deutschsprachigen Autorinnen in der Schweiz zwischen 1970 und 1990, dargestellt am Werk Gertrud Leuteneggers und Hanna Johansens. Lang, Bern 2002.

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