Anja Tuckermann
Anja Tuckermann (born November 24, 1961 in Selb , Bavaria ) is a German author of novels , stories and plays and a journalist .
Live and act
Anja Tuckermann grew up in Berlin-Kreuzberg . From 1980 to 1991 she was involved in the feminist girls' movement and published the magazine she founded, Tiger Girls , which published texts by children and young people. As part of her work for a youth association, she organized and supervised trips for children and young people within Germany, to Austria, England and, above all, to Turkey. From 1988 to 1992 she worked as an editor and until 1997 freelance in the children's radio department of the RIAS (today Deutschlandradio ). Since 1993 she has been running writing workshops for young people and adults for writing prose and plays.
Anja Tuckermann has written novels, plays , libretti and other texts for music and short prose . Her first book was translated into several languages, her best-known books are the documentary-biographical novels “ Muscha. A Sinti child in the Third Reich ”,“ Don't think we'll stay here ”about Hugo Höllenreiner and Mano. The boy who didn't know where he was about Hermann Höllenreiner . They deal with the fate of Sinti children during the National Socialist regime and after the war. Her books have been translated into Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, French, English, Spanish, Catalan, Turkish, Kazakh and Chinese.
She is a member of the Association of German Writers (VS) and was on the board of VS Berlin from 2000 to 2014. In 2014 she was named Magdeburg City Clerk .
Works
Book publications
- 1988: Mooskopf . Novel. Luchterhand , Darmstadt, ISBN 3-630-86681-6 .
- 1995: Muscha. A Sinti child in the Third Reich . Novel. Erika Klopp Publishing House
- 1997: A book for Yunus . Novel. Erika Klopp Publishing House
- 1999: David Days, Mona Nights . Novel. With Andreas Steinhöfel. Carlsen Publishing House
- 2000: save the skin . Novel. Pendo Publishing House
- 2002: Miss Moxa . Edition Ranis, Ranis
- 2003: Don't speak, don't be silent, don't go, don't stay . Novel. Ravensburger book publisher
- 2004: Looking for grandma . Novel. Ravensburger book publisher
- 2004: stories of courage . Ravensburger book publisher
- 2005: bullied away . Arena publishing house
- 2005: Don't think we'll stay here - The life story of Sinto Hugo Höllenreiner . Hanser at dtv, Munich, ISBN 3-446-20648-5
- 2007: The choked laugh . Novel. Sauerland
- 2008: Mano. The boy who didn't know where he was . Hanser, Munich; NA: KLAK, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-943767-43-8
- 2008: A book for Yunus . Novel. dtv series Hanser, Munich
- 2011: The seagull and a sea of colors . Picture book. Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart
- 2011: Adile. A girl from Istanbul . Klett children's book publisher, Leipzig
- 2012: The Strange family and the Incredible family take a steamboat trip. KLAK Verlag, Berlin
- 2012: alone in the forest . Picture book. Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart
- 2013: Dreaming in Berlin , poetry and prose by 47 children and young people. KLAK Verlag, Berlin
- 2013: Upside Down , Children's Book. KLAK Verlag, Berlin
- 2013: Nowhere To Anywhere , 22 stories of danger, adventure and happiness. KLAK, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-943767-21-6
- 2014: everyone is there! Our motley life , with Tine Schulz, Klett children's book, Leipzig ISBN 978-3-95470-104-9
- 2016: We are not silent. The path of the White Rose and the Scholl siblings in the resistance , Arena Verlag
- 2016: Nusret and the cow , TULIPAN VERLAG
- 2018: The man who wanted to be a flower , TULIPAN VERLAG
Non-fiction
- 1999: Horror or Heimat - young people in Berlin-Hellersdorf . Archive of Youth Cultures Berlin
- 2008: Home is where you are understood - young Vietnamese in Germany . Archive of Youth Cultures Berlin
- 2013: One people, one empire, everyday life in ruins, resistance and persecution - young people under National Socialism . Arena Verlag, Würzburg
- 2018: Cause of death: Escape: An incomplete list , Hirnkost Verlag
Plays
- Premiere 1996: Asra - The one from across the street . GRIPS theater. Berlin
- WP 1998: Come on, let's make out . GRIPS theater. Berlin
- WP 1999: fear in the head . widu theater, Oldenburg
- Premiere 2001: Big break . GRIPS Theater Berlin
- Premiere 2007: Palmström, Korf and Kunkel . Central Saxon State Theater Freiberg / Döbeln
- Premiere 2009: Kazandik . Tiyatro Tempo, Ankara
- Premiere 2011: Waiting for Life to Begin - Bavuldaki Hayatlar - Yasamayi Beklerken . Tiyatro Tempo, Ankara (Turkish version)
- Premiere 2013: Waiting for Life to Begin - Bavuldaki Hayatlar - Yasamayi Beklerken . Theater Burghofbühne, Dinslaken (German version)
- Premiere 2015: Looking for Grandma . Tiyatro Tempo, Ankara (Turkish version)
- Premiere 2015: EVERYONE! , WP in a version by Atze Musiktheater with Göksen Güntel
Audio book
- 2011: Listening to Sinti and Roma. A musically illustrated journey through the cultural history of the Sinti and Roma from the beginnings to the present, with over 40 music examples. Silberfuchs-Verlag, Tüschow 2011, ( audio book , 1 audio CD and booklet ; speakers: Rolf Becker , Anne Moll ).
- 2018: Mano: The boy who didn't know where he was , Diwan Hörbuchverlag
- 2018: Cause of death: Escape: An incomplete list , Diwan Hörbuchverlag
Music and lyrics
- 1993: Splitter - a performance for two speakers, music by Stephan Froleyks and aller hand, Akademie Schloß Solitude, Stuttgart
- 1995: U 7 - audio piece with music by Lutz Glandien for tape, electric guitar & clarinet. Premiere 1995 Kunstspeicher Potsdam, new version with a film by Veit Lup, Premiere 1999 Kulturforum Berlin
- 1998: The professor in the forest . Audio play with Raymond Kaczynski, drums, premier in the “studio im hochhaus”, Berlin
- 1999–2003 Three x Three , Make Seven , And Eight , And Nine is One , And Ten is none by Michael Beil. UA Berlin a. Stuttgart
- 2001: yes . Song by Flori Reifenberg, UA Berlin, Klangwerkstatt
- 2002: X & Y . Chamber opera by Sidney Corbett, WP: Stuttgart, Festival Eclat
- 2002: Electric Chair by Sidney Corbett, WP: Münster, Ensemble Wire Wings
- 2004: The Seven Gates by Sidney Corbett, WP: Münster ZeitKlang Festival, Wire Wings
- 2008: Who is Miss Moxa? with Raymond Kaczynski, UA Villa Waldberta, Feldafing
- 2012: The strange family and the incredible family with Raymond Kaczynski, premiere: Berlin
literature
- Luisa Kleinemas: Fate of dark-skinned children in the Third Reich. A comparison of Didier Daeninckx "Galadio" with Anja Tuckermann's "Muscha". GRIN Verlag, Munich 2014
Awards
- 1992: Kurt Magnus Prize of the ARD for the feature Musha
- 1994: "The Red Cloth". Youth media prize of the SPD Berlin-Charlottenburg for the novel Muscha
- 1999: Nomination for the Dutch-German children's and youth dramatists' award Kaas & Kappes for Come, we smooch
- 2000: Hans im Glück Prize for David Tage, Mona Nights
- 2006: German Youth Literature Prize for Denk nicht, we stay here
- 2007: The swallowed laugh (head over head under) - book of the month of the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature Volkach and in 2008 on the shortlist "The White Ravens" of the international youth library in Munich
- 2009: Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize for Mano. The boy who didn't know where he was
- 2012: Kathrin-Türks-Prize for waiting that life begins
- 2014: Friedrich Bödecker Prize
- 2019: Hausacher Reading Lenz
Other awards (selection)
- 1987: Alfred Döblin scholarship in Wewelsfleth
- 1992/1993: Scholarship from Akademie Schloss Solitude
- 1998/1999: City clerk in the Berlin district of Hellersdorf
- 2000/2001: City clerk of Ranis , Thuringia
- 2001: Burgschreiberin von Beeskow , Brandenburg
- 2007: City clerk of Ankara at the invitation of the Goethe Institute
- 2007/08: Scholarship from the Munich Cultural Office in the Künstlerhaus Villa Waldberta
- 2010: Scholarship Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf
- 2011: Villa Decius scholarship in Krakow
- 2014: City clerk of Magdeburg
Web links
- Literature by and about Anja Tuckermann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and information on Anja Tuckermann's work at Literaturport
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tuckermann, Anja |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and journalist for children and young people |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Selb , Bavaria |