Caren Jeß

Caren Erdmuth Jeß (born 1985 in Eckernförde ) is a German writer .

Professional background

Caren Jeß studied German Philology and Modern German Literature in Freiburg im Breisgau and Berlin. She first appeared as a playwright in 2017, when she won third prize at the Osnabrück Dramatist's Prize with her play Deine Mutter or Der Schrei der Möwe . Jeß lives in Dresden.

Awards

2017: Osnabrück Dramatist Prize, 3rd place for your mother or The Scream of the Seagull
2018: Munich Prize for German-Language Drama , winner of the Münchner Kammerspiele residency program for Bookpink
2018: Winner of the taz audience award as part of the open mike for The Ballade of Blutenburg Castle
2019: Nomination for the author's award of the 36th Heidelberg Stückemarkt for Bookpink
2019: Nomination for the Retzhofer Dramapreis 2019
2020: Else-Lasker-Schüler piece price 2020 for Der Popper
2020: Young author of the year in the critics' survey of the magazine Theater heute for Bookpink

Pieces

2018: Bookpink
2019: The Popper
2020: Servants

Web links

Caren Jeß. S. Fischer Theater Media; accessed on February 21, 2020

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Caren Jeß. S. Fischer Theater Medien, accessed on February 21, 2020 .
↑ Mario Wurmitzer wins the Osnabrück Dramatist Prize - Round Dance of the Living and Dead. In: nachtkritik.de . November 15, 2017, accessed on February 21, 2020 (Caren Jeß wins third prize).
↑ Munich Promotion Prize for Drama 2018 awarded - In Hungarian literary tradition. In: nachtkritik.de . May 7, 2018, accessed on February 21, 2020 (Karin Jeß wins 3-month residency).
↑ 26. open mike: Yade Yasemin Önder, Kyrill Constantinides Tank, Lara Rüter and Caren Jeß win. Haus für Poesie , November 18, 2018, accessed on February 21, 2020 (press release, Karen Jeß receives prize from the taz audience jury).
↑ Author Award. In: nachtkritik.de . April 2019, accessed on February 21, 2020 (nomination for the authors' award of the Heidelberger Stückemarkt).
↑ Retzhofer Dramapreis 2019 goes to Thomas Perle. Schauspiel Graz, June 16, 2019, accessed on February 21, 2020 (nomination for the Retzhofer Drampreis 2019).
↑ Felicia Zeller receives Else Lasker Schüler Dramatist Prize 2020 - Play prizes go to Caren Jeß, Leon Ospald and Magdalena Schrefel. State government of Rhineland-Palatinate, November 7, 2019, accessed on February 21, 2020 (press release).
↑ Michael Wolf: Else-Lasker-Schüler-Dramatikerpreis (s) awarded - half sentences in front of the bib. In: nachtkritik.de . November 11, 2019, accessed February 21, 2020 .
↑ The Critics' Survey. In: Theater Today. Retrieved August 27, 2020 .
↑ Wolfram Lotz, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Ferdinand Schmalz, Jen Silverman, Marlene Streeruwitz, Björn SC Deigner, Gracie Gardner, Caren Jeß: Bookpink (= Friederike Emmerling, Oliver Franke, Stefanie von Lieven, Barbara Neu, Bettina Walther [eds.]: Dramati Rundschau . Volume 1 ). Fischer, Frankfurt / M 2019, ISBN 978-3-10-491138-0 .
↑ The Popper. S. Fischer Theater Medien, accessed on February 21, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Jeß, Caren
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jeß, Caren Erdmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eckernförde

[fischer-1] Caren Jeß. S. Fischer Theater Medien, accessed on February 21, 2020 .

[2] Mario Wurmitzer wins the Osnabrück Dramatist Prize - Round Dance of the Living and Dead. In: nachtkritik.de . November 15, 2017, accessed on February 21, 2020 (Caren Jeß wins third prize).

[3] Munich Promotion Prize for Drama 2018 awarded - In Hungarian literary tradition. In: nachtkritik.de . May 7, 2018, accessed on February 21, 2020 (Karin Jeß wins 3-month residency).

[4] 26. open mike: Yade Yasemin Önder, Kyrill Constantinides Tank, Lara Rüter and Caren Jeß win. Haus für Poesie , November 18, 2018, accessed on February 21, 2020 (press release, Karen Jeß receives prize from the taz audience jury).

[5] Author Award. In: nachtkritik.de . April 2019, accessed on February 21, 2020 (nomination for the authors' award of the Heidelberger Stückemarkt).

[6] Retzhofer Dramapreis 2019 goes to Thomas Perle. Schauspiel Graz, June 16, 2019, accessed on February 21, 2020 (nomination for the Retzhofer Drampreis 2019).

[7] Felicia Zeller receives Else Lasker Schüler Dramatist Prize 2020 - Play prizes go to Caren Jeß, Leon Ospald and Magdalena Schrefel. State government of Rhineland-Palatinate, November 7, 2019, accessed on February 21, 2020 (press release).

[8] Michael Wolf: Else-Lasker-Schüler-Dramatikerpreis (s) awarded - half sentences in front of the bib. In: nachtkritik.de . November 11, 2019, accessed February 21, 2020 .

[9] The Critics' Survey. In: Theater Today. Retrieved August 27, 2020 .

[10] Wolfram Lotz, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Ferdinand Schmalz, Jen Silverman, Marlene Streeruwitz, Björn SC Deigner, Gracie Gardner, Caren Jeß: Bookpink (= Friederike Emmerling, Oliver Franke, Stefanie von Lieven, Barbara Neu, Bettina Walther [eds.]: Dramati Rundschau . Volume 1 ). Fischer, Frankfurt / M 2019, ISBN 978-3-10-491138-0 .

[11] The Popper. S. Fischer Theater Medien, accessed on February 21, 2020 .