Zoë Beck

Zoë Beck (2014)

Zoë Beck (born March 12, 1975 as Henrike Heiland in Ehringshausen in the Lahn-Dill district ) is a German writer , publisher , translator , dialog book author and dubbing director .

Life

Zoë Beck at a reading in Berlin, December 2013

She started playing the piano at the age of three. Numerous appearances and multiple awards at competitions followed. After graduating from high school, she studied German and English literature in Giessen , Bonn and Durham on a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation . She completed her studies with a master's thesis on the crime writer Elizabeth George . She then worked as an editor and TV producer in the Kirch group . She has been working as a freelance writer since 2004 and lives in Berlin .

Beck initially wrote screenplays, including for the ZDF -Kinderfernsehen the Christmas movie "In the Christmas bakery" with Rolf Harris , various episodes Tabaluga tivi , Nelly Net (t) and for the Disney Channel , the German version of the sitcom Kurze Pause . Since 2006 she has mainly published prose as a writer.

After surviving cancer in 2007, she renamed herself Zoë Beck.

Together with Jan Karsten , Beck founded the literary publisher CulturBooks in 2013 . The publisher emerged from the online feature section Culturmag.

In addition to her writing activities, Zoë Beck works as a literary translator and dubbing director for film and television (including Hackerville , Dietland , The Terror , The Mist , Fear the Walking Dead , Orange Is The New Black , Followers ). From September 2013 to August 2014 she was the columnist for the SWR2 show LiteraturEN, a radio column given to a different contemporary author each year, and then wrote literary reviews for the station.

Zoë Beck acts as their German voice on reading tours of international authors, for example for Denise Mina , Val McDermid , Louise Welsh and Carl Nixon . She is on the board of Litprom , a member of the PEN Center Germany, co-founder of the feminist network of writers "Herland" and co-initiator of the action alliance #verlagegegenrechts, at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2018 and 2019 she organized, among other things, the series of events "The thoughts are colorful". Beck has been a member of the jury for the Kurt Tucholsky Prize since 2018 .

Awards and nominations

• 2010 Friedrich Glauser Prize
• 2011 Friedrich Glauser Prize , nomination
• 2012 September, KrimiZEIT best list
• 2013 Golden Leslie , nomination
• 2014 January, February, March, KrimiZEIT best list
• 2014 Radio Bremen Crime Prize
• 2014 Virus Thrower Award , Marketing Award of the Frankfurt Book Fair, "Personality" category
• 2014 25 women for the digital future
• 2015 March, April, May, June KrimiZEIT best list
• 2015 Book Culture: The best crime novels of the season Top 10
• 2016 German Crime Prize , "National" category, 3rd place
• 2017 July, August Crime best list of the FAS / Deutschlandfunk Kultur
• 2017 International Literature Prize of the House of World Cultures and the Elementary Particle Foundation , nomination
• 2018 Golden Auguste , Award for her contribution to women's crime fiction
• 2018 Wiesbaden Crime Scholarship 2019
• 2019 Kurd-Laßwitz Prize for Best Science Fiction Translation for Pippa Goldschmidt, "On the Necessity to Order Outer Space", nomination
• 2020 July, August Crime best list of the FAS / Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Works

Novels under the name of Zoë Beck

• When it dawns , crime novel, Lübbe, 2008, ISBN 978-3-404-15900-0
• The old child , crime novel, Lübbe, 2010, ISBN 978-3-404-16443-1
• The early death , detective novel, Bastei Lübbe, 2011, ISBN 978-3-404-16309-0
• Edvard , youth novel, tree house, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8339-0053-2
• The broken window , detective novel, Bastei Lübbe, August 2012, ISBN 978-3-404-16046-4
• Brixton Hill , Thriller, Heyne, December 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-41042-8
• Schwarzblende , Thriller, Heyne, March 2015, ISBN 978-3-453-41043-5
• The supplier , Thriller, Suhrkamp, ​​June 2017, ISBN 978-3-518-46775-6
• Paradise City , Thriller, Suhrkamp, ​​June 2020, ISBN 978-3-518-47055-8

Short prose under the name Zoë Beck

• The house in Lieper Winkel (in: Endstation Ostsee , ed. HP Karr; KBV), 2009, ISBN 978-3-940077-54-7
• Outside. (in: Munich blood red , ed. A. Izquierdo, A. Esser), Kölnisch-Preußische Lektoratsanstalt, 2009, ISBN 978-3-940610-07-2
• Rapunzel (in: Die Märchenmörder , ed. A. Izquierdo, A. Esser), Kölnisch-Prussische Lektoratsanstalt, 2010, ISBN 978-3-940610-12-6
• A satisfied man (in: Berlin blood red , ed. A. Izquierdo, A. Esser), Kölnisch-Preußische Lektoratsanstalt, 2011, ISBN 978-3-940610-13-3
• Dorianna (in: Maria, Mord und Mandelplätze , ed. Michelle Stöger), Knaur, 2011, ISBN 978-3-426-51013-1
• World capital of agoraphobic (in: I hate Berlin ., Hg Moritz Kienast) Luebbe, 2011, ISBN 978-3-431-03847-7
• Christmas print (in: Let's be raw and nasty , ed. Dietmar Bittrich), rororo, 2011, ISBN 978-3-499-62802-3
• Candlelight (in: The murders don't sound sweeter, Ed. Cornelia Kuhnert, Richard Birkefeld), Heyne, 2012, ISBN 978-3-453-54013-2
• Still water (in: Heide, Harz and Hackebeil, ed. Cornelia Kuhnert, Richard Birkefeld), KBV, 2013, ISBN 978-3-942446-77-8
• Girlfriend. (in: Under four eyes - languages ​​of portraits, ed. Kirsten Voigt), Kerber, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86678-812-1
• The voice (in: Eiskalte Weihnachtsengel, Ed. Cornelia Kuhnert), Heyne, 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-43752-4
• Berliner Leber (in: Murderous Delicacies, Ed. Cornelia Kuhnert, Richard Birkefeld), dtv, 2013, ISBN 978-3-423-21476-6
• Red as snow (in: I'll kill the next one who says Merry Christmas to me), Droemer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-426-19986-2
• A happy man. Stories , CulturBooks, July 2014, ISBN 978-3-944818-36-8
• Remember, remember , Knaur eBook, November 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-43282-2
• Pfau 117 (in: Somewhere into the Green Sea: Tales of Islands, Ed. Anne von Canal, Isabel Bogdan), Arche, May 2016, ISBN 978-3716027431
• Fake It Or It Didn't Happen (Exhibition catalog Kunst Museum Winterthur for the exhibition by Karin Sander ), Verlag Walther König, September 2018, ISBN 978-3960984542

Novels under the name Henrike Heiland

• Late revenge , detective novel, Bastei Lübbe, 2006, ISBN 978-3-404-15505-7
• Close to killing , detective novel, Bastei Lübbe, 2007, ISBN 978-3-404-15629-0
• Blood sin , detective novel, Bastei Lübbe, 2007, ISBN 978-3-404-15742-6
• Because of dream man! , Roman, Heyne, 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-40701-5
• Forever and single? , Roman, Heyne, 2011, ISBN 978-3-453-40779-4

Short prose under the name Henrike Heiland

• The unfortunate Dr. von und zu Wittenstein (in: Hell's Bells , Ed. Christiane Geldmacher), Poetenladen, 2008, ISBN 978-3-940691-02-6
• Leaving Lüdenscheid, or: Grandpa has to go (in: Mord am Hellweg IV , Ed. H. Knorr, HP Karr), Grafit, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89425-352-3
• This thing in Rostock (in: Endstation Ostsee , ed. HP Karr), KBV, 2009, ISBN 978-3-940077-54-7
• Exclusion of competition (in: Munich blood red , ed. A. Izquierdo, A. Esser), Kölnisch-Preußische Lektoratsanstalt, 2009, ISBN 978-3-940610-07-2
• Bullets Over Bochum (in: Hängen im Schacht , ed. HP Karr; KBV), 2009, ISBN 978-3-940077-67-7
• Hell-go-land (in: Murder between the seas: Small crimes from Schleswig-Holstein , Ed. Jobst Schlennstedt), Pendragon, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86532-193-0
• Starnberg Prison (in: Tod am Starnberger See , Ed. Sabine Thomas), Gmeiner, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8392-1103-8
• Exile on Genevabachstrasse (in: Nordeifel Mordeifel , Ed. R. Kramp), KBV, 2010, ISBN 978-3-940077-87-5
• The Thirteen (in: Hamburg blood red , ed. A. Izquierdo, A. Esser), Kölnisch-Preußische Lektoratsanstalt, 2010, ISBN 978-3-940610-10-2
• Heck! (in: The Mothers Mafia and Friends : The Empire Strikes Back, Ed. Kerstin Gier), Bastei Lübbe, 2011, ISBN 978-3-404-16043-3
• Gmundner Alibi (in: Tod am Tegernsee , Ed. Sabine Thomas), Gmeiner, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8392-1195-3
• Onkel Horst vom Schillerplatz (in: Das Mordshaus an der Lahn , Ed. Klaus J. Frahm), KBV, 2011, ISBN 978-3-942446-23-5

Translations

• Caroline Tiger: The Long Distance Relationship Guide: How To Be Happy Still . Ehrenwirth, Bergisch Gladbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-431-03746-3 .
• Steve Caplin and Simon Rose: Best of Papa: Ingenious ideas that fathers and children enjoy . Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-404-66424-5 .
• Slide Reeves: Bleeding Violet . Tree house, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-8339-3845-0 .
• Cat Clarke: Forget you don't . Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2012, ISBN 978-3-7857-6061-1 .
• Dia Reeves: Blood Siblings . Tree house, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-8339-0126-3 .
• Pippa Goldschmidt : The southernmost point . CulturBooks, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-944818-19-1 .
• Gary Dexter: The Oxford Marauder . Diaphanes, Zurich / Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-03734-424-8 .
• Richard Surface: The Legacy . Acabus, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86282-226-3 .
• Pippa Goldschmidt : About the need to organize space . CulturBooks, Hamburg 2014, digital edition ISBN 978-3-944818-45-0 .
• Pippa Goldschmidt : Farther than heaven . Weidle Verlag, Bonn 2015, ISBN 978-3-938803-65-3 .
• Sînziana Păltineanu: Elephant Chronicles . Fiktion, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-944818-85-6 .
• James Grady : The last days of the Condor . Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-518-46685-8 .
• Amanda Lee Koe: Department of Public Excitement . CulturBooks, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-95988-018-3 .
• Karan Mahajan : In the company of small bombs . CulturBooks, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-95988-022-0 .
• Gerald Seymour : Vagabond . (with Andrea O'Brien ) Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-518-46742-8 .
• Pippa Goldschmidt : About the need to organize space . CulturBooks, Hamburg 2018, expanded and revised new edition, print. ISBN 978-3-95988-098-5 .
• Denise Mina : blood, salt, water . Argument Ariadne, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86754-230-2 .
• Helen Oyeyemi : What you don't have, you don't need. CulturBooks, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-95988-103-6 .
• Lesley Nneka Arimah : What it means when a man falls out of the sky. Culturbooks, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-95988-105-0 .
• Sally Rooney : Conversations with friends . Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-630-87541-5 .
• Denise Mina : Sure thing . Argument Ariadne, Hamburg 2019. ISBN 978-3867542425 .
• Sally Rooney : Normal people . Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3630875422
• Camilla Grudova: The alphabet of the dolls . Culturbooks, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3959881500

Web links

• Author's website and blog
• Literature by and about Zoë Beck in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Zoë Beck at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.br.de/mediathek/video/sendung/lesezeichen/lesezeichen-gespraech-304.html
2. ↑ Seven questions for Zoë Beck. Retrieved August 22, 2020 . 
3. ↑ 90 years, 90 heads. Retrieved August 24, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Zoe Beck - all-rounder and globetrotter | blubbb. Retrieved on August 22, 2020 (German). 
5. ↑ ZDF yearbook 2007 - individual films. Retrieved December 11, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Loves dark stories ( Memento from May 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ http://denkzeiten.com/2013/08/31/zoe-beck-nachgefragt/
8. ^ E-book publisher Culturbooks
9. ↑ Andreas Platthaus: We against the monopoly. In: FAZ.net . March 16, 2014, accessed October 13, 2018 . 
10. ↑ CULturMAG online feature section
11. ↑ https://zoebeck.wordpress.com/ubersetzungen/
12. ↑ Peter Körte: Crime "The Supplier": When the drugs come with the drone . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . August 8, 2017, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 24, 2017]).
13. ↑ SWR2 LiteraturEN
14. ↑ About Us / LitProm. Retrieved July 24, 2019 . 
15. ↑ http://www.pen-deutschland.de/de/pen-zentrum-deutschland/lösungen/
16. ↑ about us . In: Herland . February 6, 2016 ( herlandnews.com [accessed October 26, 2017]).
17. ^ A sign against right-wing publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 - Kunst Mag. Accessed on October 26, 2017 . 
18. ^ Zoë Beck | herzkampf.de . In: herzkampf.de . ( herzkampf.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
19. ↑ The jury. In: Kurt Tucholsky Society. May 28, 2016, accessed on September 13, 2019 (German). 
20. ^ Friedrich Glauser Prize to Zoran Drvenkar, Andreas Föhr and Zoe Beck / Hansjörg Martin Prize to Marlene Röder
21. ↑ The nominees for the Glauser Prizes 2011 have been confirmed / Ehrenglauser for Jürgen Alberts
22. ^ Tobias Gohlis: KrimiZeit best list: The ten best crime novels in September 2012 . In: The time . No. 37/2012 ( online ).
23. ↑ http://www.kulturland.rlp.de/startseite/newssingle/archive/2013/november/article/goldene-leslie-2013-an-rolf-lappert-fuer-pampa-blues  ( page no longer available , search in Web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
24. ↑ The KrimiZEIT best list for March - here to print
25. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
26. ↑ http://virenschleuderpreis.de/preistraeger/
27. ↑ https://editionf.com/25-frauen-fuer-digitale-zukunft
28. ↑ Tobias Gohlis: Crime best list: The ten best crime novels in March 2015 . In: The time . No. 10/2015 ( online ).
29. ↑ Tobias Gohlis: Crime best list: The ten best crime novels in April 2015 . In: The time . No. 14/2015 ( online ).
30. ↑ Tobias Gohlis: Crime best list: The ten best crime novels in May 2015 . In: The time . No. 19/2015 ( online ).
31. ↑ Tobias Gohlis: Crime Best List: The ten best crime novels in June 2015 . In: The time . No. 24/2015 ( online ).
32. ↑ http://www.buchkultur.net/archiv/pdf/Buchkultur_160A.pdf
33. ↑ http://www.krimilexikon.de/dkp/16.html
34. ↑ Crime best list in August: Fly, small drone, fly! In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 2, 2017, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 8, 2017]).
35. ^ House of World Cultures: Reclaim Your Fictions. Celebration of the shortlist & award ceremony. Retrieved August 24, 2017 . 
36. ↑ Crime authors: Awarding of the golden Auguste - Murderous sisters. Retrieved October 5, 2018 . 
37. ↑ Crime Scholarship 2019 | State capital Wiesbaden. Retrieved October 8, 2018 . 
38. ↑ KLP 2019 Best translation. Retrieved April 2, 2019 . 
39. ↑ Crime best list August - Germany dystopia in first place. Retrieved on August 22, 2020 (German).