Odile Kennel (born 1967) is a German writer of French origin known for her poetry and
prose, as well as her translations.
Life and work
Odile Kennel majored in
cultural studies
Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices re ...
and also studied
political sciences in
Tübingen, Berlin and
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
and studied cultural management in
Bucharest and
Dijon. She grew up bilingual. Beside her own writing, which was represented often in the German media, Odile Kennel translates poetry from the French, Portuguese and Spanish language into German. She also worked for many years as a cultural mediator. Odile Kennel does public readings of her own works on a regular basis.
Odile Kennel works and lives in Berlin.
Publications
Prose
* ''Wimpernflug – eine atemlose Erzählung'', Edition Ebersbach, Dortmund 2000
* ''Was Ida sagt''. Novel,
dtv, Munich 2011,
* ''Mit Blick auf See''. Novel, dtv, Munich 2017,
Poetry
* ''oder wie heißt diese interplanetare Luft'', dtv, Munich 2013
Translations (selected works)
*
Jacques Darras: ''Endlich raus aus dem Wald. 1914 noch einmal von vorne. Ein rasendes Thesengedicht.'' Translated from French. KLAK-Verlag 2017
*
Érica ZÃngano: ''Ich weiß nicht, warum. Zeichnungen und Texte für
Unica Zürn
Unica Zürn (6 July 1916 – 19 October 1970) was a German author and artist. Zürn is remembered for her works of anagram poetry and automatic drawing and for her photographic collaborations with Hans Bellmer. An exhibition of Bellmer and Zür ...
.'' Translated from Portuguese, Hochroth Verlag, Berlin 2013
*
Ricardo Domeneck: ''Körper: ein Handbuch.'' Translated from Portuguese, Verlagshaus J. Frank, Berlin 2013
*
Damaris Calderón: ''Sprache und Scharfrichter.'' Translated from Spanish, Parasitenpresse, Cologne 2011
*
Angélica Freitas: ''
Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926), shortened to Rainer Maria Rilke (), was an Austrian poet and novelist. He has been acclaimed as an idiosyncratic and expressive poet, and is widely recogni ...
Shake.'' Poems, bilingual, translated from Portuguese. Luxbooks, Wiesbaden 2011
*
Jean Portante
Jean Portante (born 19 December 1950 in Differdange) is a Luxembourgish writer who resides in Paris. He has written novels, stories, plays, journalistic articles and poetry, and has been widely translated.
Numerous books have been translated incl ...
: ''Die Arbeit des Schattens'' Translated from French. Editions PHI, Esch/Alzette 2005
Awards and stipends
* 1996:
Würth-Literaturpreis
* 2000: Stipend of the Senate of Berlin
* 2001: Stipend to stay at
Künstlerhaus Lukas by the Kulturfonds foundation
* 2004: Award of the Rheinsberger Autorinnenforums
* 2009: Stipend of the German Translators Fund ''DÃœF'' for the translation of the poetrybook "Rilke Shake" by
Angélica Freitas
* 2011: Stipend of the Foundation
Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
* 2011:
Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium
* 2012: Stipend of the German Translators Fund ''DÃœF'' for the translation of a poetrybook by
Ricardo Domeneck
* 2013: Gisela-Scherer-Stipendium
* 2014: Stipend of the Stuttgarter Schriftstellerhaus
* 2014: 2. winner of Lyrikpreis München
* 2016: Stipend of the Senate of Berlin
* 2016: Author of the year, elected by the
Autorinnenvereinigung
References
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1967 births
People from Bühl (Baden)
German women poets
Living people
20th-century German women writers
French–German translators
Spanish–German translators
German translators