Antje Babendererde

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Antje Babendererde

Antje Babendererde (* 1963 in Jena ) is a German writer. She writes novels for teenagers and adults about the life of the North American Indians .

Life and professional history

Antje Babendererde was born in 1963 and moved with her parents to Gotha at the age of three , where she graduated from the Arnoldischule in 1982 . 1983 to 1985 she did a pottery apprenticeship in Saalfeld . Until 1990 she worked as a hoarder , potter and occupational therapist in a specialist hospital for psychiatry and neurology and had her own pottery workshop.

She has been a freelance writer since 1996 with a particular interest in the culture, history and contemporary situations of the American Indians in North America . Her novels on this topic for adults and young people are based on intensive research and trips to the USA . In addition, she is a member of the writers' association (VS) in ver.di , of which she is a member of the regional executive committee in Thuringia . Some of Babendererde's novels have been translated into French , Lithuanian , Czech and Hungarian . Several of the youth novels have also appeared as audio books, some of which made it onto the hr2 audio book top list (e.g. Indigosommer ).

Antje Babendererde has two children and lives with her husband in Liebengrün in Thuringia.

Works

literature

  • There's a place within us (narration, 1996)
  • The Post Carver (1999)
  • The Whaler (2002)
  • The song of the orcas (2003)
  • Wondrous Land (2003)
  • Lakota Moon (2005)
  • Talitha Running Horse (2005)
  • The Search (2005)
  • Dragonfly Summer (2006)
  • Two-hearted (2007)
  • The Hidden Side of the Moon (2007)
  • Will love find me or The Wolf Dream (short story, 2009)
  • Starlight Blues (2009)
  • Indigo Summer (2009)
  • Rain Song (Revised version of The Pile Carver , 2010)
  • July Shadows (2012)
  • Isegrim (2013)
  • The Kiss of the Raven (2016)
  • Juniper Summer (new edition by Zweiherz, 2017)
  • Like the sun in the night (2018)
  • Snow Dancer (2019)

Audio books

  • The song of the orcas , Jumbo Verlag , 2005
  • Dragonfly Summer , Jumbo Verlag, 2007
  • Lakota Moon , Jumbo Verlag, 2007
  • The hidden side of the moon , Jumbo Verlag, 2008
  • Indigosommer , Jumbo Verlag, 2010
  • Rain Song , Jumbo Verlag, 2010
  • Julischatten , Jumbo Verlag, 2012
  • Isegrim , Jumbo Verlag, 2013
  • The Kiss of the Raven , Jumbo Verlag, 2016
  • Like the sun in the night , Jumbo Verlag, 2018

filming

A movie based on the novel Dragonfly Summer is currently in preparation. The producer kinderfilm is developing the project together with the Canadian co-producer Red Cedar Films, the script was written by Scarlett Kleint . A planned release date for the film has not yet been announced.

Prizes / awards

The song of the orcas

  • hr2 audio book best list (2007)
  • “Prix Livrentête” Roman Junior (for “Le Chant des Orques”, 2011)

Lakota Moon

Dragonfly summer

Indigo summer

  • hr2 audio book best list (2010)

July shadow

Nominations:

  • Buxtehuder Bull for The Hidden Side of the Moon (2008) and Indigosommer (2009)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Antje Babendererde: About me. In: antje-babendererde.de. Retrieved April 7, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Antje Babendererde: Forbidden Love. Indigosommer ( Memento from March 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Radio Bremen, September 6, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Babendererde, Antje
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Jena