Angelika Overath

Angelika Overath

Angelika Overath (born July 17, 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.

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

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 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

References

1. Queen Mary University of London – Writer in Residence 2007/2008: Angelika Overath. pdf-file, 1.3 MB, retrieved on November 20, 2010
2. German Writer in Residence Dr. Angelika Overath at Newcastle University. pdf-file, 0.2 MB, retrieved on November 20, 2010.
3. Bachmann Prize 2006 at Festival of German-Language Literature. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.
4. Angelika Overath at Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, retrieved on November 19, 2010.
5. German Book Prize 2009 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