Angelika Overath

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Angelika Overath
Overath at Frankfurt Book Fair, 2018
Overath at Frankfurt Book Fair, 2018
Born1957 (age 68–69)
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
LanguageRomansh
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen
SpouseManfred Koch
Children3

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 Romansch.

Prizes

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Books

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  • 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. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • 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.
  • Alle Farben des Schnees. Senter Tagebuch. (2010) Munich: Luchterhand.
  • Sie dreht sich um. Munich: Luchterhand 2014, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). [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
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    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, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • Krautwelten. Insel Bücherei 1504, Suhrkamp 2021, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • Schwarzhandel mit dem Himmel/ Marchà nair cul azur. Gedichte Deutsch/Vallader. Telegramme Verlag, Zürich 2022, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • Unschärfen der Liebe. Luchterhand, München 2023, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • Engadinerinnen. Frauenleben in einem hohen Tal. Limmat Verlag, Zürich 2024, ISBN 978-3-03926-067-6

References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).[dead link]
  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.
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  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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