Iris Wolff
Martina Iris Wolff (born July 28, 1977 in Sibiu / Transylvania ) is a German writer .
life and work
Iris Wolff grew up in Sibiu and in Semlak / Banat .
In 1985 she emigrated to Germany with her family. She studied German language and literature, religious studies and graphics and painting at the Philipps University of Marburg .
From 2003 to 2013 she worked at the German Literature Archive in Marbach and lectured on art education. From November 2013 to March 2018 she was the coordinator of the Network for Cultural Education in Freiburg.
Iris Wolff, who is a member of the International Exile PEN, primarily writes short stories and novels. In 2012 she made her debut with the novel Halber Stein at Otto Müller Verlag (Salzburg).
In 2013 and 2015 she was a juror for the school writing competition Stiftung Kinderland Baden-Württemberg. In 2018 she gave the literary opening lecture of the International Library Congress in Graz: Poetry as optics that shapes the world. Why reading overcomes boundaries .
Iris Wolff lives in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Single track
- Half a stone. Novel. Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7013-1197-2 .
- Luminous shadows. Novel. Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7013-1228-3 .
- Pretend it's raining. A novel in four stories. Otto Müller Verlag, Salzburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7013-1250-4 .
- The blurring of the world. Klett-Cotta-Verlag, Stuttgart 2020, ISBN 978-3-608-98326-5 .
Anthologies and journals (selection)
- About the width of a razor. Schiller's work on the Piccolomini manuscript . In: Under Parnassus . The Schiller National Museum, Stuttgart 2009.
- Literature touches. Cooperation between school and museum using the example of the Marbach literature school LINA . Literature museum as a place of learning. Contributions to cultural education, Göttingen 2011.
- Child scenes. Writing and remembering with Walter Benjamin . In: German lessons . Issue 6, 65th year 2012.
- Leaf fall. Short story. In: Edition ErLesen . Art Foundation Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2013.
- House with a ladder to heaven. Short story. In: reflections. Multicultural Banat , Regensburg 2015.
- Slow days. Short story. In: reflections. Literatures in times of change , Regensburg 2015.
- Leaf fall . Short story. Sibiu. In: facts, pictures, words . Sibiu 2017.
- Dragon house . Short story. In: Apartment block blues with a shepherd's flute. Tell Romania anew . Berlin 2018.
- A third room. Reading tour in Romania . In: Literature & Criticism . No. 525/626, 2018.
Exhibitions Lectures (selection)
- Ice worlds on the Lahn . Photo exhibition. Cars, Marburg 2006.
- Literary writing, calligraphy and painting. Rotenfels Castle Academy, Gaggenau 2007.
- Christian Jankowski . Video workshop. Art Museum, Stuttgart 2008/09.
- Art to Coal . Exhibition. EnBW power plant, Affaltrach 2009.
- Fit for Abitur in five days. Kafka's trial and tribe of Agnes. Lecture. Baden-Baden 2010–2016.
Awards
- 2013: Scholarship Art Foundation Baden-Württemberg
- 2014: Ernst Habermann Prize
- 2018: Annual scholarship for writers from the Ministry of Science and Art of the State of Baden-Württemberg
- 2018: Otto Stoessl Prize
- 2018: Alpha Literature Prize for pretending to be raining
- 2019: Residence grant at the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
- 2019: Nominated for the Alfred Döblin Prize
- 2019: Working grant from the Association of German Writers in Baden-Württemberg
- 2019: Marieluise Fleißer Prize
- 2019: Squidward Troll Prize
- 2020: Scholarship for the Reinhold Schneider Prize
- 2020: Nominated for the German Book Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ orf.at: Iris Wolff receives Alpha 2018 Literature Prize . Article dated October 23, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018.
- ↑ Support group of German writers in Baden-Württemberg: Scholarship holders 2019 . Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- ↑ Thaddäus Troll Prize 2019 to Iris Wolff. In: omvs.at. October 29, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Reinhold Schneider Prize 2020
- ↑ The nominated titles for the German Book Prize 2020
Web links
- Iris Wolff's website
- Iris Wolff at Otto Müller, Salzburg
- Interview with Iris Wolff
- Scholarship holders of the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wolff, Iris |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolff, Martina Iris (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sibiu , Transylvania |