Friederike Kretzen
Friederike Kretzen (born July 20, 1956 in Leverkusen ) is a German writer.
Life
After studying sociology , ethnology and political science at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen , Kretzen first worked as an assistant director at the Giessen City Theater , then a dramaturge at the Bavarian State Theater . She has lived in Basel and Venice since 1983 . She also works as a publicist for Swiss media, including the Neue Zürcher Zeitung .
The first three novels form the trilogy "Women without Men" and draw on the experience of the theater environment. The debut novel was also successful in a radio play version and as a theater production.
In 1998 Kretzen was awarded the German Critics' Prize. She received the Arno Schmidt grant for the years 2002/2003 for her novel Exercises for an Insurrection .
The name and character of the first-person narrator "Véronique" in Kretzen's novel Natascha, Véronique and Paul from 2012 come from Jean-Luc Godard's film La Chinoise from 1967, which gives the novel an aesthetic base.
She received one of the Swiss Literature Awards 2018 for the Indian Driver School .
Works
- The prompter , Roman, Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1989
- The sample , Roman, Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1991
- Your stupid women , Roman, Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1993
- Indianer , Roman, Bruckner & Thünker, Basel 1996
- Ich bin ein Hügel , Roman, Nagel & Kimche , Zurich 1998, ISBN 978-3-312-00246-7
- Exercises in an uprising , Roman, Stroemfeld, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 978-3-87877-814-1
- White album , Roman, Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-312-00387-7
- Natascha, Véronique and Paul. Novel. Stroemfeld, Frankfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-86600-008-7
- Indian Driver School. Novel. Stroemfeld Verlag , Frankfurt 2017, ISBN 978-3-86600-272-2 Swiss Literature Awards 2018
Web links
- Literature by and about Friederike Kretzen in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bibliomedia profile entry "Kretzen Friederike"
- ^ Review by Samuel Moser in the NZZ on May 31, 2012: Friederike Kretzens novel - Basel bei Woodstock , accessed on June 7, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kretzen, Friederike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Swiss author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leverkusen |