Juli Zeh
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| Born | 30 June 1974 Bonn, West Germany |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Notable awards | Solothurner Literaturpreis (2009) |
Juli Zeh (pronounced [ˈjuː.li ˈtˈ͡seː] , Julia Barbara Finck, née Zeh, born 30 June 1974 in Bonn) is a German writer.
Biography
Her first book was Adler und Engel (translated into English as Eagles and Angels by Christine Slenczka), which won the 2002 Deutscher Bücherpreis for best debut novel. She traveled through Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2001, which became the basis for the book Die Stille ist ein Geräusch.[1] Her other books are Das Land der Menschen, Schilf (translated into English as Dark Matter by Christine Lo), Alles auf dem Rasen, Kleines Konversationslexikon für Haushunde, Spieltrieb, Ein Hund läuft durch die Republik, Nullzeit and Corpus Delicti (translated into English as The Method by Sally-Ann Spencer).
Zeh lived in Leipzig from 1995, and currently resides outside Berlin. Zeh studied law in Passau and Leipzig, passing the Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen – comparable equivalent to the U.S. bar exam – in 2003, and holds a doctorate in international law from Universität Saarbrücken.[1] Since January 2019, she is an honorary judge at the constitutional court of the state of Brandenburg[2][3]. She also has a degree from the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig.
Zeh is married and has two children.[1]
Bibliography
- Novels
| Year | English title | Original title | ISBN | Notes |
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| 2001 | Eagles and Angels | Adler und Engel | 3-442-72926-2 | |
| 2002 | (not yet translated) | Die Stille ist ein Geräusch | 978-3-89561-055-4 | |
| 2004 | Gaming Instinct | Spieltrieb | 3-89561-056-9 | |
| 2007 | Dark Matter | Schilf | 3-89561-431-9 | US title: In Free Fall |
| 2009 | The Method | Corpus Delicti | 978-3-89561-434-7 | |
| 2012 | Decompression | Nullzeit | 978-3-89561-436-1 | |
| 2013 | (not yet translated) | Treideln. Frankfurter Poetikvorlesungen | 978-3-89561-437-8 | |
| 2013 | Good Morning, Boys and Girls. Plays | Good Morning, Boys and Girls. Theaterstücke | 978-3-89561-438-5 | |
| 2014 | (not yet translated) | Nachts sind das Tiere. Essays | 978-3-89561-440-8 | |
| 2016 | ? | Unterleuten. Roman | 978-3-630-874876 | |
| 2017 | Empty Hearts | Leere Herzen. Roman | 978-3-630-87523-1 | |
| 2018 | ? | Neujahr. Roman | 978-3-630-87572-9 |
- Other
| Year | English title | Original title | ISBN / ISSN | Notes |
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| 2002 | Even Silence Is a Sound | Die Stille ist ein Geräusch | 3-442-73104-6 | |
| 2004 | A Dog Runs through the Republic | Ein Hund läuft durch die Republik | 3-89561-057-7 | Editor |
| 2005 | The Little Encyclopedia for Household Dogs | Kleines Konversationslexikon für Haushunde | 3-89561-058-5 | |
| 2006 | The Full Monty | Alles auf dem Rasen | 3-89561-059-3 | |
| 2008 | The Land of People | Das Land der Menschen | 978-3-89561-432-3 | |
| 2015 | Attack on Freedom: The Surveillance State, Security Obsession, and the Dismantling of Civil Rights | Angriff auf die Freiheit : Sicherheitswahn, Überwachungsstaat und der Abbau bürgerlicher Rechte | ISSN 0149-7952 | With Ilija Trojanow, in German Studies Review, 38, no. 2, (2015): 271-284 |
References
- ^ a b c "Juli Zeh". www.uni-due.de.
- ^ "Juli Zeh als Verfassungsrichterin in Brandenburg - Dankbar für den Rechtsstaat". Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
- ^ "Verfassungsrichter | Verfassungsgericht des Landes Brandenburg". verfassungsgericht.brandenburg.de.
External links
- An interview about her social commitment, recent translated books and her recent play, Corpus Delicti, Trouw, September 2008 (in Dutch)
- Interview about Corpus Delicti, the role of state observation and civil disobedience, April 2011 (in German)
- Article about the translation of Corpus Delicti as The Method, April 2012
- Juli Zeh in: NRW Literatur im Netz (in German)
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