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 Rumantsch.
Prizes
1996 Egon-Erwin-Kisch Prize for literary reportage
2002/2003 One-year scholarship of the Deutscher Literaturfonds, Darmstadt
Short interview[permanent dead link] 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
Ein Winter in Istanbul. Munich: Luchterhand 2018, translation of a short extract in the Fortnightly Review
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, ISBN 978-3-44271757 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: length.
Krautwelten. Insel Bücherei 1504, Suhrkamp 2021, ISBN 978-3-458-19504-7.
Schwarzhandel mit dem Himmel/ Marchà nair cul azur. Gedichte Deutsch/Vallader. Telegramme Verlag, Zürich 2022, ISBN 978-3-907198-58-2.
Unschärfen der Liebe. Luchterhand, München 2023, ISBN 978-3-630-87634-4
Engadinerinnen. Frauenleben in einem hohen Tal. Limmat Verlag, Zürich 2024, ISBN 978-3-03926-067-6
References
^"German News | Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics" (PDF). www.mmll.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
^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.
^"SLLF – School of Languages, Linguistics and Film – School of Languages, Linguistics and Film". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
^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.
External links
Publications by and about Angelika Overath in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library