Audrey Niffenegger
Audrey Niffenegger (born June 13, 1963 in South Haven , Michigan , USA ) is an American writer and artist.
Live and act
In 1985 she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and in 1991 her Master of Fine Arts from Northwestern University . She teaches interdisciplinary arts between book and image as a professor at Columbia College Chicago . In her classes, she mainly deals with the merging of images and texts, for example through comics or installations . She also teaches relief printing , sealing , drawing and other artistic techniques.
Her pictures, drawings and prints have been exhibited at the Printworks Gallery in Chicago since 1987 . As an artist, she sees herself primarily influenced by the works of Horst Janssen , Aubrey Beardsley , Winsor McCays , Jiri Anderles , Käthe Kollwitz ', Joseph Cornells , Goyas , Hans Bellmer and Max Ernst .
Your picture books were finished by hand in an edition of 10 pieces. Two of these books have since been published after the success of their first novel: The Three Incestuous Sisters and The Adventuress .
In 2003 her novel The Time Traveler's Wife was published , through which she became known and which was filmed in 2009 with Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana in the leading roles.
Works
- 2003 The Time Traveler's Wife (novel)
- The Time Traveler's Wife , German by Brigitte Jakobeit, S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-10-052403-9 .
- The Time Traveler's Wife , audio book, read by Maja Schöne and Ulrich Noethen, Argon Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86610-963-6 .
- 2005 The Three Incestuous Sisters: An Illustrated Novel (picture book)
- Drei Schwestern , German by Brigitte Jakobeit, S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-10-052404-7 .
- 2006 The Adventuress (picture book)
- 2009 Her Fearful Symmetry (novel)
- The Twins from Highgate , German by Brigitte Jakobeit , S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-10-052407-2 .
- The Highgate Twins , audio book, read by Heikko Deutschmann, Argon Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86610-958-2 .
- 2010 The Night Bookmobile (Graphic Novel)
- 2013 Raven Girl (illustrated fairy tale)
Web links
- Literature by and about Audrey Niffenegger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview of December 7, 2003 ( Memento of April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Interviewer: Mark Flanagan. (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niffenegger, Audrey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Haven , Michigan , USA |