Katharina Hacker
This article is about German author Katharina Hacker. For the German figure skater with a similar name, see Katharina Häcker.
| Katharina Hacker | |
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 Hacker in 2005 | |
| Born |
11 January 1967 Frankfurt am Main |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | German |
| Nationality | German |
| Notable works | Die Habenichtse |
| Notable awards |
German Book Prize 2006 |
| Website | |
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Katharina Hacker (born 11 January 1967) is a German author best known for her award-winning novel Die Habenichtse (The Have-Nots). Hacker studied philosophy, history and Jewish studies at the University of Freiburg and the University of Jerusalem. Since 1996 she has been living as a freelance writer in Berlin.[1] In 2006 she was the second writer to be awarded the German Book Prize for Die Habenichtse.[2]
Works
- Tel Aviv. Eine Stadterzählung (narrative, 1997)
- Morpheus oder Der Schnabelschuh (narratives, 1998, published in English as Morpheus, 2003)
- Der Bademeister (novel, 2000, published in English as The Lifeguard, 2002)
- Eine Art Liebe (novel, 2003)
- Die Habenichtse (novel, 2006, published in English as The Have-Nots, 2007)
- Überlandleitung (prose poems, 2007)
- Alix, Anton und die anderen (novel. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-518-42127-7)
- Die Erdbeeren von Antons Mutter (novel. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-10-030064-5)
- Eine Dorfgeschichte (short novel, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011. ISBN 978-3-10-030066-9
- Skip (novel, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2015. ISBN 978-3-10-030065-2)
Translations
- Leah Aini: Eine muß da sein. Novel. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-518-40924-7
- Jossi Avni: Der Garten der toten Bäume. Novel in 15 parts, Hamburg 2000; new edition: Hamburg 2006
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