Corinna Waffender

Corinna Waffender (born April 16, 1964 in Mainz ) is a German writer , journalist and translator .

Life

Born in Mainz, Corinna Waffender grew up in a village in Rheinhessen. In 1983 her first poem appeared in the Rowohlt Panther Reader, which was followed by several short stories in various anthologies. After spending several years in Seville (Spain), she completed her training as a translator and studied Spanish , Catalan and political science at the Humboldt University in Berlin . She wrote her master's thesis on urban literature : Barcelona in the literary work of the Catalan writer Montserrat Roig . For a research project funded by the German Association of Catalans, she interviewed contemporary Catalan writers.

In addition to the publication of novels, short stories and poetry, she initiated the literary project Literaturkanzel Berlin in September 2005 , in which 15 Berlin women writers wrote about Berlin in a disused traffic pulpit on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm , including Inka Bach , Ulrike Draesner , Tanja Dückers , Annett Gröschner and Uljana Wolf . In exchange with other writers and poets as well as photographers and visual artists, Corinna Waffender published the anthologies Angst und Heimat as part of the bankruptcy book series .

In 2008 Corinna Waffender started the crime series quer criminal , which she was editor of until 2012. In addition, she founded wortgut , an initiative to promote women and girls in the literature business. In 2010 it organized a writing workshop and competition for girls between the ages of 8 and 16 in cooperation with LiSA eV and funded by the Eberhard-Alexander-Burgh -Stiftung.

Corinna Waffender also works as a journalist, editor and trainer for intercultural communication.

Works (selection)

Novels

• 2002 Between the lines . Berlin: Querverlag. ISBN 978-3-896-56079-7
• 2005 editing: minute novels . Berlin: Querverlag. ISBN 978-3-896-56112-1
• Remaining fugitive in 2007 . Berlin: Querverlag. ISBN 978-3-896-56138-1
• 2007 love to the power of three , together with m. Regina Noessler. Tübingen: Konkursbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-887-69722-8
• 2008 Thought aloud . Berlin: Querverlag. ISBN 978-3-896-56152-7
• 2009 death by remembering . Berlin: Querverlag. ISBN 978-3-896-56166-4
• 2010 Killing is a breeze . Berlin: Querverlag. ISBN 978-3-896-56179-4
• 2011 Dying was yesterday . Berlin: Querverlag. ISBN 978-3-896-56190-9
• 2015 of all people . Berlin: Querverlag. ISBN 978-3-896-56233-3
• 2019 kill others . Berlin: Querverlag. ISBN 978-3-896-56271-5

Editorships

• 2007 Bankruptcy Book 46 “Fear” , together with Regina Noessler. ISBN 978-3-887-69246-9
• 2010 bankruptcy register 49 “Heimat” . ISBN 978-3-887-69249-0
• 2005 Chancellors, free from giddiness. About Berlin . ISBN 978-3-887-47206-1

Contributions to anthologies (selection)

• Free flight , in: The Rowohlt panther reading book , ed. v. Jutta Lieck. Reinbek (Rowohlt Verlag) 1983. ISBN 978-3-499-15202-3
• Explore very slowly , in: Come on, you loudmouth, nibble me! , ed. v. Ronald Geyer and Heinrich Schmid. Berlin (Eichborn-Verlag) 1985. ISBN 978-3-821-80311-1
• Goodbye , in: Not with you and not without you. Reading book for sleepless nights , ed. v. Svende Merian. Reinbek (Rowohlt Verlag) 1989. ISBN 978-3-499-15283-2
• Blood stinks , in: Stadt Land Krieg: authors of the present tell of the German past , ed. v. Tanja Dückers and Verena Carl. Berlin (Aufbau-Verlag) 2004. ISBN 978-3-746-62045-9
• Water in Wine , in: Hypochondriac: 21 texts on imaginary diseases , ed. v. Frank Willmann. Halle (Mitteldeutscher Verlag) 2008. ISBN 978-3-89812-568-0
• Everything I want and man, oh man , in: Unicorns don't swim. Stories , ed. v. Antje Wagner. Berlin (Aviva-Verlag) 2016. ISBN 978-3-932-33882-3

Awards

• 2000 winner of the Rheinsberg female authors' forum
• 2005 Finalist Alfred Döblin Prize ( Literary Colloquium Berlin )
• 2007 longlist (co-author) Astrid Lindgren Prize
• 2009 Longlist Santa Claus Prize
• 2010 nomination Mannheim fire pen

Web links

• Literature by and about Corinna Waffender in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and information on Corinna Waffender's work at Literaturport
• Corinna Waffender's website
• Article by Corinna Waffender, Jüdische Zeitung, April 2011 ( Memento from February 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Blood stinks . Broadcast by Kirsti Melville with Corinna Waffender on ABC Radio National, Australia, in the series 360 documentaries for listening. Original broadcast on June 27, 2009. Access date: February 25, 2019. In English.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Berlin: A former traffic pulpit on Kurfürstendamm becomes a literature pulpit. In: buchmarkt.de. September 7, 2005, accessed March 1, 2019 . 
2. ↑ "I don't say": Book premiere with author reading and award ceremony. In: berlin.de. District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, press release, November 19, 2010, accessed on March 1, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Christine Olderdissen: Gender or linguistic treatment? Five questions for communication trainer Corinna Waffender. In: Watch Salon. JB weblog. Journalists' Association, June 13, 2019, accessed on June 13, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Laura Méritt / Tania Witte: Murders, abysses, tough women: lesbian thriller autumn. News from Antje Wagner, Corinna Waffender and Regina Nössler. In: siegessaeule.de. September 21, 2010, accessed February 25, 2019 . 
5. ^ List of the award winners on the website of the Rheinsberger Autorinnenforum
6. ↑ List of nominees in the press release of the City of Mannheim from November 16, 2012