Beate Rygiert

Beate Rygiert (born October 21, 1960 in Tübingen ) is a German writer , screenwriter and director .

Life

Rygiert studied theater studies , musicology and Italian literature in Munich and Florence (master's degree), as well as "film-making" at the New York Film Academy . Since 1993 she has been writing novels , biographies , memoirs and screenplays and works as a director for short and documentary films . She lives in the Black Forest and in Stuttgart.

2015: 2nd Prize of the DELIA Literature Prize for "The Song of Immortal Love"
2011: Corine International Book Prize for When I Fell From Heaven
2010: Scholarship holder of the Fundaciòn Valparaiso, Mojacàr, Spain
2009: Writer in Residence at Artist's Colony I-Park, East Haddam Connecticut, USA
2008: Thomas Strittmacher Screenplay Award
2008: Writer in Residence at the Bundanon Artist's Enclave in Australia
2007: First Comburg clerk in the city of Schwäbisch Hall
2007: Residency at Hawthornden Castle , Scotland
2005: Scholarship holder of the Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Foundation in the Chateau de Lavigny, Lausanne, Switzerland
2004: Scholarship holder of the Centro Studi Ligure in the Villa Pini, Bogliasco, Genoa
2003: Residence grant from the Single House Foundation in Art / Omi, New York, USA
2002: Würth literary award for the story Jelena's eyes on the subject: Enemies - A Love Affaire by Amos Oz and Izzat Ghazzawi
1997: Scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation for the novel Bronjas Erbe
1996, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2018: Working grants from the Support Group of German Writers in Baden-Württemberg

Because every breath counts. With Barbara and Markus Hänni, adeo Verlag, 2018
Run away? It does not work! With Stefanie Ritzmann, Klöpfer & Meyer Verlag, 2018
Like heaven forgot me With Amelie Sander, Bastei Lübbe, 2017
Through the wall. With Nizaqete Bislimi, Dumont Verlag, 2015
The Hartz IV dictatorship. With Inge Hannemann, Rowohlt Verlag 2015
I will always fight for you. With Berit Kessler, Bastei-Lübbe Verlag 2014
The school of angels. With Waliha Cometti, Goldmann Verlag 2014
Not without my mother. With Meral Al-Mer, Bastei-Lübbe 2012
Simply human. With Rosi Gollmann, Kailash 2012
Lotus daughter. With Anisha Mörtl, Südwest Verlag 2011
Lioness heart. With Sengül Obinger, Herder 2011
White nana. With Bettina Landgrafe, Knaur 2011
When I fell from the sky With Juliane Koepcke, Malik Verlag 2011
African Angel. With Harriet Bruce-Annan, Lübbe 2009
I continue to live independently! With Liselotte Vogel, Torchbearer 2009
Film stars on four paws. With Tatjana Zimek, Kosmos 2008

personal data
SURNAME	Rygiert, Beate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer, screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH	October 21, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tübingen