Petra Hartmann (born 1970 in
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
) is a German novelist, journalist and author.
Life
Petra Hartmann grew up in Sillium, a little village near Hildesheim. She visited a humanistic secondary school in Hildesheim and studied German language and literature, philosophy and politics at the University of
Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...
. Than she made her doctors degree with a thesis about the young German author
Theodor Mundt
200px, Theodor Mundt
Theodor Mundt (September 19, 1808 – November 30, 1861) was a German critic and novelist. He was a member of the Young Germany group of German writers.
Biography
Born at Potsdam, Mundt studied philology and philosophy at Ber ...
.
During her studying time she worked as a freelance journalist for several newspapers in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
and
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven (, , Low German: ''Bremerhoben'') is a city at the seaport of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany.
It forms a semi-enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the Riv ...
. After a two years traineeship she became an editor at a daily newspaper in
Springe
Springe is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, southwest of Hanover.
Town structure
* Springe (core settlement, seat of the mayor), population 13,184
* Bennigsen, population 4, ...
, where she was working for five years. Now she is a freelance author and journalist.
Writing
Petra Hartmann is writing
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
and
fairytales
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cult ...
. She won the bronze-medaille of the Storyolympiade three times (1999, 2000 and 2001). In 2008 she won the German Phantastik Price.
[List of winners of the "Deutscher Phantastik-Preis" 2008: http://www.sülter.info/alle-gewinner/]
She published three novels, which were playing in the fantasy-world ''Movenna''. Her main publisher is Wurdack Publishing. For this publisher she was editor of two anthologies of fairytales, too. Furthermore, she wrote
novella
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...
s for Arcanum Publishing.
As a literature scientist her focus is on Young Germany (especially Theodor Mundt, Gustav Kühne and Charlotte Stieglitz). She published also essays about
Uwe Johnson
Uwe or UWE may refer to
* Uwe (given name)
* University of the West of England, Bristol
* UML-based web engineering
* University Würzburg's Experimental miniaturized satellites for space research UWE-1 and UWE-2
* Uwe - Wreck in Blankenese
Blank ...
, about adaptions of the Faust- and Don Juan-theme, about thematic motifs of fantasy and journalistic writing
Selected works
Books
* ''Faust und Don Juan. Ein Verschmelzungsprozeß, dargestellt anhand der Autoren Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Nikolaus Lenau, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Gustav Kühne und Theodor Mundt.'' Stuttgart: ibidem Publishing, 1998.
* ''Von Zukunft trunken und keiner Gegenwart voll. Theodor Mundts literarische Entwicklung vom Buch der Bewegung zum historischen Roman''. Dissertation. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2003.
* ''Geschichten aus Movenna''. Nittendorf: Wurdack Publishing, 2004.
* ''Ein Prinz für Movenna''. Nittendorf: Wurdack, 2007.
* ''Zwischen Barrikade, Burgtheater und Beamtenpension. Die jungdeutschen Autoren nach 1835''. Stuttgart: ibidem, 2009.
* ''Darthula, Tochter der Nebel''. Dortmund: Arcanum-Fantasy-Publishing, 2010.
* ''Der Fels der schwarzen Götter''. Nittendorf: Wurdack, 2010.
* ''Die letzte Falkin''. Dortmund: Arcanum-Fantasy-Publishing, 2010.
* ''Die Schlagzeile''. Munic: PersonalNovel, 2011.
* ''Das Serum des Doctor Nikola''. Nittendorf: Wurdack, 2013.
* ''Nestis und die verschwundene Seepocke''. Hildesheim: Verlag Monika Fuchs, 2013.
* ''Nestis und die Hafenpiraten.'' Hildesheim: Verlag Monika Fuchs, 2014. .
* ''Hut ab, Hödeken! Sagen aus dem Hildesheimer Land.'' Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2015, .
* ''Freiheitsschwingen.'' PersonalNovel, München 2015.
* ''Timur.'' Saphir im Stahl, Bickenbach 2015, .
* ''Vom Feuervogel.'' TES, Erfurt 2015.
* ''Berthold von Holle: Crane. Ein Ritter-Epos, nacherzählt von Petra Hartmann''. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2016. ISBN 978-3-940078-48-3.
* ''Berthold von Holle: Demantin. Ein Ritter-Epos, nacherzählt von Petra Hartmann''. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2016. ISBN 978-3-940078-34-6.
* ''Nestis und die verbotene Welle''. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim, 2017. ISBN 978-3-947066-00-1
* ''Nestis und der Weihnachtssand''. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim, 2017. ISBN 978-3-947066-12-4
* ''Falkenblut''. Hottenstein Verlag, Sibbesse, 2020. ISBN 978-3935928991
E-books
* ''Falkenfrühling''. Dortmund: Arcanum, 2011.
* ''Die Schlagzeile''. Munic: PersonalNovel, 2012
* ''Falkenblut''. Saarbrücken: satzweiss.com - chichili agency, 2012. ,
* ''Nestis und der Weihnachtssand. Ein Helgoland-Märchen''. Hildesheim: Verlag Monika Fuchs, 2013.
* ''Beim Vorderhuf meines Pferdes. Neue Geschichten aus Movenna.'' Nittendorf: Wurdack-Verlag, 2014.
Audiobooks
* ''Weihnachten im Schneeland''. Essen: Action Publishing, 2010.
* ''Der Fels der schwarzen Götter''. Essen: Action-Publishing, 2012.
* ''Hut ab, Hödeken! Sagen aus dem Hildesheimer Land''. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2016.
Editorship
* ''Drachenstarker Feenzauber.'' Nittendorf: Wurdack, 2007.
* ''Wovon träumt der Mond?''. Nittendorf: Wurdack, 2008.
* ''Drachen! Drachen! Fiese Essenzen aus dreiundzwanzig Genres''. Blitz Publishing, 2012.
* ''Mit Klinge und Feder.'' Homburg/Saar: Ulrich Burger Publishing, 2013.
* ''Autorenträume. Ein Lesebuch.'' Hildesheim: Monika Fuchs Publishing, 2013.
* ''Blitzeis und Gänsebraten. Hildesheimer Weihnachtsgeschichten.'' Hildesheim: Monika Fuchs, 2014.
References
External link
Personal website(German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartmann, Petra
1970 births
Living people
German writers
German women writers
People from Hildesheim