Betty Kolodzy

Betty Kolodzy (2018) in Frankfurt am Main

Betty Kolodzy (* 1963 in Wolfenbüttel ) is a German writer.

Life

Kolodzy grew up in Munich from the age of one . She trained as a foreign language correspondent for French / Spanish and communications specialist in Munich and Berlin . Stays in London, Marseille, Granada, Istanbul. In 2012 she took part in the “Stadtrand +” project of the Bremen Literary Week. In 2012/2013 she taught creative writing at the University of Bremen, 2013/2014 at the School of Architecture at the University of Bremen and in 2014/2015 literary writing at the University of Osnabrück, Department of Landscape Architecture. In 2016/2017 Kolodzy accompanied the “Bremer Schulhausroman” in cooperation with the Literaturhaus Bremen and the Junge Literaturlabor JULL, Zurich. In 2016 she initiated the writing project Heimat: Language for people with a refugee background. Since 2018 she has been teaching creative windows at the University of Bremen.

Kolodzy is a member of the Association of German Writers .

Awards

• 2013: Authors' grant from the Bremen Cultural Senate for the novel Lux and Life
• 2014: Vienna Workshop Prize / Audience Prize
• 2014: Scholarship from the Bremer Literaturkontor in the Worpswede artist houses for the novel In the summer, the flies come
• 2016: Working grant from the state of Saxony-Anhalt at the Kunsthof Dahrenstedt 
• 2019: Bremen Women's Culture Promotion Prize from the Senator for Culture

Books

• Relocated! Novel. michason & may , Frankfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-86286-014-2 .
• Ali, the tinnitus and me. Novel. Bremen 2010, ISBN 978-3-933995-64-3 and michason & may, Frankfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-86286-026-5 .
• Nice swimming. Literature Quickie, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-942212-59-5 .
• Istanbul walking. Stories. Bremen 2010, ISBN 978-3-933995-50-6 . and michason & may, Frankfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-86286-025-8 .
• Bremen walking. Stories. michason & may, Frankfurt, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86286-028-9 .
• Berlin walking. With Peter Koebel. Stories. michason & may, Frankfurt 2014, ISBN 978-3-86286-039-5 .
• Lux and life. Novel. michason & may, Frankfurt 2015, ISBN 978-3-86286-043-2
• The flies come in summer. Novel. michason & may, Frankfurt 2016, ISBN 978-3-86286-051-7
• How Herr Karl designed my last shirt for me. Short stories. Literature Quickie Verlag, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-945453-31-5
• I think of Elster . Short story. Literature Quickie Verlag, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-945453-58-2

Anthology contributions (selection)

• The tree is on fire again. michason & may, Frankfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-86286-023-4 .
• The big city dwellers. Septime Verlag, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-902711-10-6 .
• BENIMI My Istanbul . Edition Esefeld & Traub, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3981812800 <.

Adaptation

In 2011 Istanbul Walking was staged at Theater Bremen by Tomas Bünger, dancer and choreographic assistant of the Bremen dance theater. Kolodzy developed the soundtrack. Bugrahan Sirin designed the set.

Web links

Commons : Betty Kolodzy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Betty Kolodzy
• Literature by and about Betty Kolodzy in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and information on Betty Kolodzy's work at Literaturport
• Author's homepage at michason & may

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friday, February 3, 7 p.m. on literäre-woche.de (PDF)
2. ↑ Thomas Kuzaj: New book by Betty Kolodzy from Bremen on Kreiszeitung.de
3. ↑ Betty Kolodzy on literaturport.de
4. ↑ Alexandra Knief: Bremer Kulturförderpreis awarded to women. Retrieved February 16, 2019 . 
5. ^ Liane Janz: Bünger dances “Istanbul Walking” in: Weser Kurier from October 27, 2011.