Annika Blanke

Annika Blanke (2019)

Annika Blanke (* 1984 in Leer ) is a German author, slam poet , cabaret artist and presenter.

biography

After various publications in anthologies and magazines, her first novel Born: Toulouse was published by Lektora- Verlag in 2012 . The Nordwest-Zeitung praised "her ability to listen to words for a little longer and her strength to describe people - also in their subtle, inconspicuous movements - succinctly but brilliantly". In 2017, a story volume followed, called the other day, yesterday was still today .

Annika Blanke has been a participant and winner of numerous poetry slams since 2007 . In 2009 she reached the semi-finals at the German-speaking Slam Championships in Düsseldorf , and in 2013 in Bielefeld as well.

She is also a regular participant in the Low German variant Slam op Platt and performed in 2017 at the invitation of the NDR in the Landeshaus Kiel .

In 2015, Blanke opened Andrea Gibson's spoken word show in Berlin. In 2017 Blanke was runner-up in the slam battle at Wacken Open Air , and in 2019 she won the competition with a double victory with the poet Khaaro. Other previous festival appearances include a. the Deichbrand Festival, the Open Flair and the A Summer's Tale.

At the invitation of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Blanke represented the Federal Republic in the poetry slam competition of the German-speaking countries at the BUCH WIEN in 2019.

Together with Insa Sanders and Rita Apel, she forms the traveling reading stage DAMES BLONDE.

She is co-founder of the reading stage Metrophobia (together with Christian Bruns) in Oldenburg , where Blanke also lives and works.

Publications

• Annika Blanke, Cathrin Bleeker: Something different . Hebus-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-935083-14-9 .
• Annika Blanke: Born: Toulouse . Lektora-Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-938470-87-9 .
• Annika Blanke: The other day yesterday was still today . Lektora-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95461-092-1 .

Text contributions in

• Christmas - time for poetry and stories . Hebus-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-935083-25-4 .
• Axel Klingenberg (Ed.): The Punchliner No. 6 . Verlag Andreas Reiffer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-934896-06-2 .
• Signal strength: excellent. Stellwerck, 2009, ISBN 978-3-941949-00-3 .
• The abolition of the pony . Stellwerck, 2011, ISBN 978-3-941949-01-0 .
• Gina Kossel (Ed.): A pug came into the kitchen . Isensee Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-89995-903-1 .
• David Grashoff (Ed.): The Slamperium Strikes Back: A Nerd Slam Anthology . Lektora-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-95461-017-4 .
• Clara Nielsen, Nora Gomringer (Ed.): Volume is female. Satyr, 2017, ISBN 978-3-944035-91-8
• Stef, Sven Hensel (ed.): Fantastic queer beings and how they find each other . Satyr, 2019, ISBN 978-3-947106-30-1 .
• Denise Bretz, Larissa Tiesbohnenkamp (eds.): The ultimate poetry slam anthology II . Lektora-Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-95461-137-9 .
• Denise Bretz, Andreas Köglowitz, Karsten Strack. (Ed.): Don't tell the fascists - the world is too brown for us, let's plant flowers! Lektora-Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-95791-101-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nordwest-Zeitung: Reading: Postman discovers love for the written word . In: NWZonline . ( nwzonline.de [accessed on March 31, 2017]).
2. ↑ Annika Blanke . In: https://www.az-online.de/ . August 4, 2011 ( az-online.de [accessed March 31, 2017]).
3. ^ Wilhelmshavener Zeitung & # 150; www.WZonline.de: WZonline.de - Current news, pictures and videos from Wilhelmshaven and Friesland. Retrieved March 31, 2017 . 
4. ^ Wilhelmshavener Zeitung & # 150; www.WZonline.de: WZonline.de - Current news, pictures and videos from Wilhelmshaven and Friesland. Retrieved March 31, 2017 . 
5. ↑ NDR: Poet competition with wow factor. Retrieved March 31, 2017 . 
6. ↑ The Spoken Word Program at W: O: A 2019. Accessed on December 17, 2019 (German). 
7. ↑ BUCH WIEN Poetry Slam Night. Retrieved December 17, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Annika Blanke - . In: Lektora . ( lektora.de [accessed on March 31, 2017]). Annika Blanke - ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.