Inca Bach
Inka Bach (born April 27, 1956 in East Berlin ) is a German writer .
Life
Inka Bach grew up in East Berlin. In 1972 she and her family fled to West Berlin . After graduating from high school in 1974, she studied German literature and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin from 1975 . In 1982 she obtained her master's degree ; 1987 doctorate it with a thesis on German psalms to the doctor of philosophy.
In the following years she worked as a screenwriter and director in television productions. Since 1991 she has been a founding member of the Berlin artists' initiative Courage against Xenophobia. V. In 1998 she took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt . Inka Bach has two grown children and lives as a freelance writer in Berlin .
Inka Bach is the author of narrative prose , poems , columns, radio plays , plays and scripts .
Inka Bach is a member of the Association of German Writers .
In 1989 she received a New York scholarship from the Berlin Senate , in 1998 and 2003 a scholarship from the Prussian Sea Trade Foundation , in 1998 she was city clerk for Rheinsberg and in 2002 city clerk for Erfurt . In 2004 she received a residency grant in Amsterdam, in 2009 and 2010 one in the international artist village Schöppingen , and in 2011 one in the writers 'and translators' house Ventspils / Latvia. In 2012 she received the office of castle clerk in Beeskow (Brandenburg) for six months , and the Baldreit grant in Baden-Baden in 2013/2014.
Works
- German psalm poetry from the 16th to the 20th century. Verlag de Gruyter, Berlin [u. a.] 1989 (together with Helmut Galle; Diss. FU Berlin 1987/1988).
- Hesel. Berlin 1992 (with woodcuts by Karl Schäfer).
- Pan feet. Poems. Berlin 1994 (with woodcuts by Karl Schäfer).
- We don't know the stranger. Rheinsberg diary. Ullstein, Berlin 2000.
- Wagtail. Columns and Poems. Erfurt 2003.
- Glücksmarie. Novel. Transit Verlag, Berlin 2004.
- Chancellors, free from giddiness over Berlin. Edited by Corinna Waffender. Berlin 2005.
- The common way. Poems. Aphaia Verlag, Berlin 2008.
- The sister's shadow. A scenery based on Trakl. Play. Kaiser Verlag Vienna. Premiere: Berlin 2010. Director: Ingrun Aran.
- Notes from the underground after Dostoyevsky. Play. Premiere: Berlin 2011. Director: Ingrun Aran,
- Paul Marcus (Pem): Between two wars. From Berlin's most glamorous days and nights. With an afterword by Inka Bach. Transit Verlag, Berlin 2013 (New edition: Homesickness for Kurfürstendamm. From Berlin's most glamorous days and nights, Berlin 1952).
- The city of pointed hats. Beeskower columns. Coppersmiths, Beeskow 2013.
- Art, caviar and camellias. Baden-Baden columns. Rendezvous Verlag, Baden-Baden 2014.
- Wet asphalt. Poems. Aphaia Verlag, Berlin 2015.
Radio plays
- 1998: The shadow sister. (Radio play - RBB )
- 1998: Hesel. (Radio play - DLR )
- 2002: With Regine Ahrem : Who counts the victims, names the names (radio play - RBB)
- 2012: With Ingrun Aran : Have a nice weekend - Director: Ingrun Aran (radio play - RBB)
- 2014: Men eater or the mountain of death - Director: Kirstin Petri (radio play - SWR )
- 2014: In the ears land of war. - Director: Maria Ohmer (radio play - SWR 2014)
Web links
- Literature by and about Inka Bach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Inka Bach at perlentaucher.de
- http://www.autorenkreis-bundes Republik.de/bach.htm ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Short biography and information on Inka Bach's work at Literaturport
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bach, Inca |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | East Berlin |