Mirna Funk (born 1981 in Berlin) is a German journalist, author and individualist feminist.

Life

Funk studied

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

and

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

. She is currently working as a freelance journalist for works such as ''

Der Freitag ''Der Freitag'' (English: ''The Friday'', stylized in its logo as ''der Freitag'') is a German weekly newspaper established in 1990. It is published in Rhenish format. The place of publication is Berlin. Its publisher and editor-in-chief is Jakob ...

'' and ''

Zeit Magazin ''Die Zeit'' (, "The Time") is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The ...

'' and publishes texts on culture, society and the arts. In the summer of 2014, she contributed interviews from Israel to ''Zeit Magazine'' and wrote about her life there during the

2014 Israel-Gaza conflict The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge ( he, מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן, translit=Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, ), was a military operation launched by Israel on 8 July 2014 in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory that h ...

. In her article "Ohne mich" ithout MeFunk wrote about

antisemitism Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

and her emigration to Israel. On 23 July 2015, S. Fischer Verlag published her debut novel ''Winternähe''. Funk received the

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 ...

in 2015. In 2022, she finished her work ''Who Cares? Von der Freiheit, Frau zu sein'', in which she promotes an

individualist Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology and social outlook that emphasizes the intrinsic worth of the individual. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and to value independence and self-relianc ...

, sex-positive

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

with several anecdotes of her life. She is the great-granddaughter of the renowned writer

Stephan Hermlin Stephan Hermlin (; 13 April 1915 – 6 April 1997), real name ''Rudolf Leder,'' was a German author. He wrote, among other things, stories, essays, translations, and lyric poetry and was one of the more well-known authors of former East Germany. ...

and lives in Berlin and Tel Aviv.Ulrich Gutmair
''Mirna Funk über Deutschland - „Es gibt diese Wut“''
taz.de, 2015-11-1 (German)

Selected works

* ''Winternähe'', S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2015, * ''Wo ist Papa'', 2018, * ''Zwischen Du und Ich'', dtv Verlagsgesellschaft, München 2021, * ''Who Cares! Von der Freiheit, Frau zu sein''. dtv Verlagsgesellschaft, München 2022,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Funk, Mirna German journalists Israeli journalists 21st-century German writers 1981 births Living people Feminists Individualist feminists Sex-positive feminists