Claire Beyer

Claire Beyer (born July 13, 1947 in Blaichach im Oberallgäu ) is a German writer .

Beyer is a trained banker. She also studied philosophy, sociology and psychology at the AKAD . Her first novel Rauken tells of the childhood of a girl in the post-war years in an authoritarian extended family in the Allgäu .

Beyer also writes poetry, plays and libretti. She lives in Markgröningen . She has received numerous literary prizes for her work, including the Baden-Württemberg State Literature Scholarship and the 2003 Journalist Prize from the Robert Bosch Foundation .

Beyer is a member of the PEN Center Germany .

Works (selection)

Novels

• Rocket. Novel. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2000, ISBN 3-627-00074-9 .
• Draw. Novel. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2006, ISBN 3-627-00132-X .
• Blanks. Novel. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2009, ISBN 978-3-627-00163-6 .
• Hideaway. Novel. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2012, ISBN 978-3-627-00196-4 .
• Revange. Novel. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2019, ISBN 978-3-627-00268-8 .

stories

• Rosenhain - Six stories from five senses. Stories. 2004, ISBN 3-627-00103-6 .

Anthologies and poems

• There isn't much to tell. In: Rainer Siegle, Jürgen Wolff (Ed.): I want clouds and stars. Every day. Klett, 1985, ISBN 3-12-261440-5 , p. 54.
• Texts. Dillmann Verlag, Schwieberdingen 1989, ISBN 3-926838-03-5 .
• ... and see things through my sentences . (Edition Literateam, Volume 1 Poetry). Lempp Verlag, 1983, ISBN 3-920707-55-9 .
• ... The time is read ... approximately. (Edition Literateam, Volume 2 Short Prose). Schwenkbeck Verlag, 1985, ISBN 3-925635-00-9 .
• Fellbach magic. Literary courses. (Fellbacher Hefte, 19). City of Fellbach, 2002, ISBN 3-9807598-2-2 .
• Rottweiler encounter. Rottweil City Archives, 2003, ISBN 3-928873-23-7 .
• Read pictures calendar book. Andreas Hackenberg, 2003, ISBN 3-937280-00-6 .
• Barefoot across the stubble field. City of Markgröningen, 2008, ISBN 978-3-929948-12-7 .
• For now. Anthology of the Stuttgart Writer's House . Edition Kanalstrasse 4, 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-025589-2 .
• Summertime. Postcard Stories. Ars vivendi Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89716-808-4 .
• Summer kitten. Sunny cat stories. Piper Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-492-25842-5 .
• Dirk Kruse (Ed.): My wonderful bookstore. Ars vivendi Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86913-037-8 .
• Stephan Koranyi, Gabriele Seifert (ed.): Happy festival. Christmas stories. Philipp Reclam, 2012, ISBN 978-3-15-010884-0 .
• Searching for base. In: Stephan Koranyi, Gabriele Seifert (Ed.): Always cheerful on the ladder. Stories. Philipp Reclam, 2013, ISBN 978-3-15-010910-6 , pp. 132-134.
• The Christmas storm. In: Susanne Gretter (Hrsg.): Christmas in the Alps. Stories. Insel Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-458-35961-6 , pp. 60–70.

Web links

• Literature by and about Claire Beyer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of the author