Angelika Overath

Angelika Overath (born 17 July 1957 in Karlsruhe) is a German author and journalist.^[1]

Overath studied German literature, history, Italian Studies, and cultural studies at the University of Tübingen and wrote a PhD-thesis in 1986 about the colour blue in modern literature.

She regularly works as Writer in Residence for the German Section in the School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University,^[2] and at Queen Mary's College, London. She also teaches creative writing for the Swiss Hyperwerk and has founded the Schreibschule Sent which offers seminars in creative writing both in German and Rumantsch.

Prizes

1996 Egon-Erwin-Kisch Prize for literary reportage
2002/2003 One-year scholarship of the Deutscher Literaturfonds, Darmstadt
2005 Thaddäus-Troll Prize
2006 Ernst-Willner-Prize at the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Competition^[3]
2007/2008 Writer in Residence at Queen Mary and Westfield College London ^[4]
2008 Swiss prize for independent journalism
2009 Longlist for the German Book Prize by the Börsenverein Deutscher Buchhandel^[5]
2009 Shortlist for the Swiss Book Prize
2023 Longlist German Book Prize

Books

Das andere Blau, Zur Poetik einer Farbe im modernen Gedicht. (1987) Stuttgart: Metzler.
Händler der verlorenen Farben. (1998) Lengwil: Libelle.
Vom Sekundenglück brennender Papierchen. (2000) Lengwil: Libelle.
Schlimme Ehen. Ein Hochzeitsbuch, aus vielen Quellen zusammengetragen. together with Manfred Koch. (2000) Frankfurt: Eichborn.
Spatzenweisheit. together with Horst Munzig. (2001) Freiburg: Herder.
- Mussenpraat. Dutch translation by Annette van Schoonhoven. (2003) Amsterdam: Palet Gifts. ISBN 978-90-427-0026-0.
Schlaflos: das Buch der hellen Nächte. together with Manfred Koch. (2002) Lengwil: Libelle.
Die Kunst des Einfachen. together with Manfred Koch. (2000) Freiburg: Herder.
Toleranz. together with Navid Kermani and Robert Schindel. (2003) Göttingen: Wallstein.
Das halbe Brot der Vögel. (2004) Göttingen: Wallstein.
Generationen-Bilder. (2005) Lengwil: Libelle.
Nahe Tage. novel (2005) Göttingen: Wallstein. / (2008) Munich: dtv.
Genies und ihre Geheimnisse. 100 biographische Rätsel. together with Manfred Koch and Silvia Overath (2007) Berlin: List.
Hunde mitzubringen ist erlaubt: Ein literarischer Salon. together with Manfred Koch. (2008) Berlin: List.
Genies und ihre Geheimnisse, Band 2. 100 neue biographische Rätsel. together with Manfred Koch and Silvia Overath. (2009) Berlin: List.
Flughafenfische. novel. (2009) Munich: Luchterhand.
- Short interview^{[permanent dead link‍]} with the author about the genesis of the book and the difficulties translating her.
Alle Farben des Schnees. Senter Tagebuch. (2010) Munich: Luchterhand.
- English review in New Books in German
- Rumantsch and German Interview in Televisiun Rumantscha
Sie dreht sich um. Munich: Luchterhand 2014, ISBN 978-3-630-87349-7 [Excerpt http://www.randomhouse.de/leseprobe/Sie-dreht-sich-um-Roman/leseprobe_9783630873497.pdf], dedicated to Henrike Lähnemann
Ein Winter in Istanbul. Munich: Luchterhand 2018, translation of a short extract in the Fortnightly Review
Erstausgabe 'Poesias dals prüms pleds'
So träume und verschwinde ich. Liebesgedichte von Edip Cansever, Cemal Süreya und Turgut Uyar. Türkisch-Deutsch, herausgegeben und übersetzt zusammen mit Nursel Gülenaz, btb München 2021, ISBN 978-3-44271757 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: length.
Krautwelten. Insel Bücherei 1504, Suhrkamp 2021, ISBN 978-3-458-19504-7.
Schwarzhandel mit dem Himmel/ Marchà nair cul azur. Gedichte Deutsch/Vallader. Telegramme Verlag, Zürich 2022, ISBN 978-3-907198-58-2.
Unschärfen der Liebe. Luchterhand, München 2023, ISBN 978-3-630-87634-4
Engadinerinnen. Frauenleben in einem hohen Tal. Limmat Verlag, Zürich 2024, ISBN 978-3-03926-067-6

References

^ "German News | Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics" (PDF). www.mmll.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
^ German Writer in Residence Dr. Angelika Overath at Newcastle University. pdf-file, 0.2 MB Archived June 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on November 20, 2010.
^ "Bachmann Prize 2006 | Bachmannpreis.eu". archiv.bachmannpreis.orf.at. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
^ "SLLF – School of Languages, Linguistics and Film – School of Languages, Linguistics and Film". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
^ German Book Prize 2009 Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine at Frankfurt Book Fair Newsletter, Issue September 2009, retrieved on November 19, 2010.

External links

Publications by and about Angelika Overath in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library

[1] "German News | Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics" (PDF). www.mmll.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

[2] German Writer in Residence Dr. Angelika Overath at Newcastle University. pdf-file, 0.2 MB Archived June 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on November 20, 2010.

[3] "Bachmann Prize 2006 | Bachmannpreis.eu". archiv.bachmannpreis.orf.at. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

[4] "SLLF – School of Languages, Linguistics and Film – School of Languages, Linguistics and Film". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

[5] German Book Prize 2009 Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine at Frankfurt Book Fair Newsletter, Issue September 2009, retrieved on November 19, 2010.

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