Anna Enquist

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Anna Enquist, Frankfurt Book Fair 2015

Anna Enquist (actually Christa Widlund-Broer , born July 19, 1945 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch writer and poet . She is also a trained concert pianist and psychoanalyst .

Career

Anna Enquist grew up in the Dutch city of Delft (province of South Holland). She studied piano at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and then clinical psychology in Leiden . Since 1991 she has devoted herself exclusively to her literary work. She has published poems, essays and novels. Some of her novels have been translated into up to fifteen languages. She has received many international literary prizes.

Works

The novel Last Journey , in which Anna Enquist deals with the life of the English seafaring legend James Cook and his wife Elizabeth Cook , was first published in 2006 in German by Hanni Ehlers by Luchterhand Literaturverlag .

In the novel Kontrapunkt , published in Germany in 2008 , she deals with the tragic death of her daughter Margit, who died in a traffic accident in Amsterdam in 2001 at the age of 27 .

Publications (selection)

  • 1995 The masterpiece . Novel; Luchterhand, Munich, ISBN 978-3-442-73695-9 . (Translation by Het meesterstuk , 1994)
  • 1999 Mr. de Leon's inheritance . Novel; dtv, Munich, ISBN 978-3-630-86955-1 . (Translation from Hetkret , 1997)
  • 2001 The injury . Ten stories; Luchterhand, Munich, ISBN 978-3-630-87097-7 . (Translation from De kwetsuur , 1999)
  • 2004 The ice winners . Novel; Luchterhand, Munich, ISBN 978-3-630-87125-7 . (Translation from De ijsdragers , 2002)
  • 2006 last trip . Novel; Luchterhand, Munich, ISBN 978-3-630-87227-8 . (Translation from De thuiskomst , 2005)
  • 2008 counterpoint . Novel; Luchterhand, Munich, ISBN 978-3-630-87282-7 . (Translation by Contrapunt , 2008)
  • 2012 The stunning . Novel; Luchterhand, Munich, ISBN 978-3-630-87400-5 . (Translation by De verdovers , 2011)
  • 2015 string quartet . Novel; Luchterhand, Munich, ISBN 978-3-630-87467-8 . (Translation by Kwartet , 2014)
  • 2019 Because it wants to be evening . Novel; Luchterhand, Munich, ISBN 978-3-630-87604-7 . (Translation by Want de avond , 2018)

Prizes and awards

  • 1992 - C. Buddingh 'Prize for New Dutch Poetry for the work soldiers' songs .
  • 1993 - Lucy B. and CW van der Hoogtpreis for the Jachtscènes work . For this she was nominated for the European Literature Prize.
  • 1995 - Debutant Prize for the novel Het meesterstuk .
  • 1997 - Dutch Audience Award for the novel The Secret Secret .
  • 2014 - Naming of an asteroid after her: (52457) Enquist

Web links

Commons : Anna Enquist  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Full of mourning for the daughter (Deutschlandfunk on March 22, 2009)
  2. ↑ (52457) Enquist in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).Template: JPL Small-Body Database Browser / Maintenance / Alt
personal data
SURNAME Enquist, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Widlund-Broer, Christa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam