Judith Zander (born 13 November 1980 in

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, Germany) is a German writer and translator.

Life

Zander studied German and English studies as well as History in

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. Subsequently, she studied creative writing 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 ...

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. She works as a translator and has translated several books by

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, ''The ...

, among others. Her own writing includes prose and poetry. For her debut novel, Zander was nominated 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 ...

in 2010. Her work has won her numerous awards. For her poetry collection, ''im ländchen sommer im winter zur see'' (''In the Countryside Summer in Winter at Sea''), she won the Peter Huchel Prize in 2023. She is a member of the

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. Zander lives in

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Works

* ''Dinge, die wir heute sagten''. Roman. dtv, München 2010, . * ''oder tau''. Gedichte. dtv, München 2011, . * ''manual numerale''. Gedichte. dtv, München 2014, . * ''Cactaceae.'' Sachbuch. With photographies by Johanna Ruebel. Matthes & Seitz (= Naturkunden, Vol. 14), Berlin 2014, . * ''Wanderungen. Literarische Erkundungen auf den Spuren von Theodor Fontane.'' Essays. In collaboration with Thomas Hettche and Ingo Schulze. With drawings by Matthias Beckmann. Edition Stiftung St. Matthäus, Berlin 2019, * ''Johnny Ohneland''. Roman. dtv, München 2020, . * ''im ländchen sommer im winter zur see''. Gedichte und Fotografien. dtv, München 2022, .

Translations

Bob Hicok Bob Hicok (born 1960 Grand Ledge, Michigan) is an American poet. Life Hicok is a professor of creative writing at Virginia Tech. He is from Michigan and before teaching owned and ran a successful automotive die design business. He formerly taught ...

: ''Umstellung auf Rehzeit''. Gedichte. Luxbooks, Wiesbaden 2013, . * Sylvia Plath: ''Der Koloss''. Gedichte. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2013, . * Sylvia Plath: ''Über das Wasser/Crossing the Water''. Nachgelassene Gedichte/Posthumous Poems. Bilingual edition. Luxbooks, Wiesbaden 2013, . *

Maya Angelou Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and ...

: ''Phänomenale Frauen''. Gedichte. Zweisprachig. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2020, . * Sylvia Plath: ''Das Herz steht nicht still.'' ''Späte Gedichte 1960–1963''. Bilingual edition. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2022, .

Awards

* 2007: Poetry Prize at the 15th open mike competition of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin * 2009:

Wolfgang Weyrauch Prize The Wolfgang Weyrauch Prize is a literary prize in Hesse, Germany named for writer Wolfgang Weyrauch. Established in 1997, the prize is awarded to young writers for their encouragement and includes a stipend in the amount of €8,000.

at the Literarischer März competition in

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* 2010: Prize of the Sinecure Landsdorf for her novel, ''Dinge, die wir heute sagten (Things we said today)'' * 2010: 3sat Prize at the

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for an excerpt of her novel ''Dinge, die wir heute sagten (Things we said today)'' * 2011:

Uwe Johnson Prize The Uwe Johnson Prize is an annual German literary award. The award is named after the writer Uwe Johnson (1934–1984) and was first awarded in 1994. It is awarded for "outstanding literary works in which there are links to the poetics of Uwe John ...

(advancement award) of the Mecklenburg Literature Society * 2015: Poetry Prize of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft * 2017: Anke Bennholdt-Thomsen Poetry Prize of the German Schiller Foundation * 2021:

Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin The Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin was donated in 1994 on the occasion of the 175th birthday of Theodor Fontane from his native city of Neuruppin. History The Fontane Literature Prize has several predecessors. It was awarded for the firs ...

for her novel ''Johnny Ohneland (Johnny Lackland)'' * 2023: Peter Huchel Prize for her poetry collection, ''im ländchen sommer im winter zur see (In the Countryside Summer in Winter at Sea)''

References

External links

Judith Zander
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Poems of Judith Zander
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