Alissa Walser
Alissa Walser (born January 24, 1961 in Friedrichshafen ) is a German writer , painter and translator . She published her early work under the pseudonym Fanny Gold.
Life
Alissa Walser, a daughter of Martin Walser , studied painting from 1981 to 1986 - first in Vienna , then in New York . She has also worked as a writer and translator since 1990 and occasionally works with her father. She is married to Sascha Anderson .
Her prose revolves over and over again about how people interact with one another, about relationships between men and women, and always about relationships with one's own body and sexuality. In many of her stories, the author added drawings that seem to interrupt the text, but continue the story on another level. These small linear drawings can be read in different ways , like picture picture puzzles . The interplay of image and text was an essential aspect of her work before 2010.
The author is a member of the PEN Center Germany .
Works
- Dream wedding. Prose and pictures, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 1990. (Under the name Fanny Gold)
- This is not my whole story. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1994.
- The delight. Play. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1996.
- Gray letters. One finds an apartment again. Uhldingen 1997.
- The smaller half of the world. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg, 2000.
- What matters. Contribution to the poetics lecture. Bankruptcy book Verlag Claudia Gehrke, Tübingen, 2000.
- Everything you always wanted to know about S. Dramolet. 2001.
- One hundred million years of porn. Play. 2003.
- Postcard stories. Kino, Ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2007.
- The battered animal. (Poems: Martin Walser, drawings: Alissa Walser). Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2007.
- Isn't her life her picture. In: Masters of Light. Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart 2008.
- In the beginning the night was music. Novel. Piper Verlag, Munich, Zurich 2010. (About Franz Anton Mesmer and Maria Theresia Paradis , filmed in 2017 by Barbara Albert under the title Light ) Paperback edition Piper 2012, ISBN 978-3-492-27387-9 .
- Always me. Narrative. Piper, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-05460-7 .
- About the animals in noting. Piper, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-492-05668-7 .
- Clear attempt at seduction. Prose. Hanser, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-446-25454-1 .
Translations (selection)
- Diane Glancy : War Dance. Frankfurt 1995.
- Sylvia Plath : Max Nix. Frankfurt 1996.
- Sylvia Plath: The diaries. Frankfurt 1997.
- Kay Boyle : The little camel. Frankfurt 1998.
- Robert Barry : A little piece of luck. Frankfurt 1999.
- Anne Carson : Glass, Irony and God. Munich 2000.
- Paula Fox : Louisa. Munich 2005.
- Sylvia Plath: Ariel . Frankfurt 2008.
- Mary Miller : Sweet King Jesus. Berlin 2013.
- Elizabeth Harrower : In certain circles. Berlin 2016.
- Mary Miller: Big World. Stories. Munich 2017.
- Elizabeth Harrower: Others' Dreams. Berlin 2019.
Plays
- Joyce Carol Oates : Ontological Proof of My Existence. Frankfurt a. M. 1985.
- Joyce Carol Oates: Tone clusters. Reinbek 1990.
- Joyce Carol Oates: I stand before you naked. Reinbek 1990.
- Brock Norman Brock : There's Monster. Reinbek 1991.
- Joyce Carol Oates: The Lunar Eclipse. Reinbek 1991.
- Janusz Głowacki : Antigone in New York. 1994.
- Jon R. Baitz : From the real fire. Reinbek 1995.
- Marsha Norman : Night, mother . Reinbek 2002.
- Christopher Hampton : The method. Reinbek 2003.
- Also many pieces by Edward Albee (together with Martin Walser).
Exhibitions (selection)
- The small work show , BACA Downton, NY, 1984
- Small work, big ideas , PAN Art Gallery, NY, 1985
- The new show , Chameleon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 1986
- Artificial light gallery, Constance, 1998
- Poetry and Truth , Arte Giani , Frankfurt a. M., 1999
- Art Space Brussels, Belgium, 2001
- Municipal Gallery Backnang, 2001
- Text and image , Städtische Wessenberg-Galerie Konstanz, 2001
- Arte Giani, Frankfurt a. M., 2002
- Deutsche Structured Finance, Frankfurt a. M., 2004
- Municipal Wessenberg Gallery Konstanz, 2005
- Galerie Buchhandlung Bookmarks, Dresden, 2006
- Brandstätter Gallery, Baden-Baden, 2006
- Galerie Pabst, Munich, 2007
- Literaturhaus Stuttgart , 2007
Awards
- 1992: Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
- 1992: Bettina von Arnim Prize
- 2001: Märkisches scholarship for literature
- 2009: Paul Scheerbart Prize of the Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Foundation for the translation of the poems by Sylvia Plath
- 2010: Spycher: Leuk Literature Prize
- 2011: Hertha Koenig Literature Prize
- 2012: George Konell Prize
Web links
- Literature by and about Alissa Walser in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Alissa Walser at perlentaucher.de
- Literaturport.de from Walser himself read in excerpt from In the beginning was the night music
- Alissa Walser in an interview with Armin Kratzert . In the beginning the night was music. On January 18, 2010 at Bavarian Television
- Alissa Walser in an interview with Justinus Pieper (2010)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the award winners ( memento of September 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the Foundation's website, accessed on February 10, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walser, Alissa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gold, Fanny (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, painter and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friedrichshafen |