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Judith Zander

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Judith Zander
Judith Zander at the Erlanger Poetenfest
Judith Zander at the Erlanger Poetenfest
Born (1980-11-13) 13 November 1980 (age 43)
Anklam, East Germany
OccupationWriter, literary translator
GenrePoetry

Judith Zander (born 13 November 1980 in Anklam, Germany) is a German writer and translator.[1]

Life

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Zander studied German and English studies as well as History in Greifswald. Subsequently, she studied creative writing at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig. She works as a translator and has translated several books by Sylvia Plath, among others. Her own writing includes prose and poetry. For her debut novel, Zander was nominated for the German Book Prize in 2010.[2] Her work has won her numerous awards. For her poetry collection, im ländchen sommer im winter zur see (In the Countryside Summer in Winter at Sea), she won the Peter Huchel Prize in 2023. She is a member of the PEN Centre Germany.

Zander lives in Jüterbog.[3]

Works

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  • Dinge, die wir heute sagten. Roman. dtv, München 2010, ISBN 978-3-423-24794-8.
  • oder tau. Gedichte. dtv, München 2011, ISBN 978-3-423-24862-4.
  • manual numerale. Gedichte. dtv, München 2014, ISBN 978-3-423-26004-6.
  • Cactaceae. Sachbuch. With photographies by Johanna Ruebel. Matthes & Seitz (= Naturkunden, Vol. 14), Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-95757-029-1.
  • Wanderungen. Literarische Erkundungen auf den Spuren von Theodor Fontane. Essays. In collaboration with Thomas Hettche and Ingo Schulze. With drawings by Matthias Beckmann. Edition Stiftung St. Matthäus, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-944007-09-0
  • Johnny Ohneland. Roman. dtv, München 2020, ISBN 978-3-423-28235-2.
  • im ländchen sommer im winter zur see. Gedichte und Fotografien. dtv, München 2022, ISBN 978-3-423-29010-4.

Translations

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Judith Zander - Autorenlexikon". www.literaturport.de. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. ^ "Archiv". www.deutscher-buchpreis.de. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  3. ^ "Fontane-Preisträgerin 2021 Judith Zander "Johnny Ohneland" - Jüterbog". www.jueterbog.eu (in German). 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  4. ^ "Wawerzinek gewinnt Bachmannpreis 2010 - oesterreich.ORF.at". ktnv1.orf.at. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  5. ^ von (2017-06-13). "2011 – Judith Zander. Förderpreisträgerin für ihren Debütroman "Dinge, die wir heute sagten" – Uwe-Johnson-Preis" (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  6. ^ dpa (2021-08-20). "Auszeichnungen: Judith Zander mit Fontane-Literaturpreis 2021 ausgezeichnet". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  7. ^ SWR2 (2023-04-03). "Judith Zander erhält den Peter-Huchel-Preis 2023". swr.online (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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