J. Monika Walther

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J. Monika Walther (born August 7, 1945 in Leipzig ) is a German writer .

J. Monika Walther
(Photo: Barbara Dietl)

Life

J. Monika Walther comes from a Jewish-German family. She grew up in Leipzig, Berlin and several southern German cities. After a diploma in history and education and a master's degree in psychology , she did her doctorate with a thesis in journalism . She was on longer stays abroad in Spain, Portugal and Israel.

J. Monika Walther has lived in Dülmen- Hiddingsel (Münsterland) and the Netherlands since 1966 . She has been working as a writer in the fields of poetry , prose and radio play since 1976 . She wrote over 80 radio plays, audio books, audio collages, and artistic features. She has received numerous awards and grants.

J. Monika Walther is a lecturer in media education at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf.

She is a member of the Writers' Union , the Syndicate and the Murderous Sisters Association .

Works (selection)

  • with Jörg Burkhard, Harry Oberländer : A few things I know about. Kramer, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-87956-058-7 .
  • Cross country. Poems. Vechta 2005, ISBN 3-937844-83-X .
  • The new wars. Feature. Cologne 2005.
  • Sheep anger. Radio play. Cologne 2004.
  • We will be like the dreaming - A search for land in Germany. Stories. Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-00-009161-0 .
  • Cat shooting. Radio play. Hamburg / Cologne / Berlin 1998.
  • Metula signs of life from the last world. Radio play. Cologne / London, Almelo 1994 and 1995.
  • Gold broiler or the description of a battle. Radio play. Hamburg / Leipzig 1995.
  • There is work in the dream laundry. Poems. Frankfurt 1990, ISBN 3-88633-047-8 .
  • Escape lines. Radio play. Berlin 1988.
  • The sadness after singing. Novel. 1981, ISBN 3-88633-010-9 .
  • Lost dreams - stories after the wedding song. Munich 1978–1984, ISBN 3-921040-85-X , ISBN 3-423-06348-3 .
  • The weight of the soul. Stories. Edited by Iris Nöelle-Hornkamp. Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-89785-696-7 .
  • Gold broiler or the description of a battle. Novel. Vechta 2009, ISBN 978-3-86685-208-2 .
  • Wind flowers wire mesh. Poems. Nottbeck 2012, ISBN 978-3-943270-02-0 .
  • Sparrow summer. Stories. Vechta 2012, ISBN 978-3-86685-351-5 .
  • Heaven and Earth. Novel. Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-945195-19-2 .
  • And everything lives what once lived here with me. Westphalian homeland - Jewish neighbors. Audio book, 2 CDs. 2014, ISBN 978-3-939974-37-6 .
  • Demolitions in the quarter. Poems 2010–2015. Photographs by Henning Berkefeld. Geest, Vechta-Langförden 2015, ISBN 978-3-86685-516-8 .
  • At the edge of the world. Prose. With photographs by Henning Berkefeld. Vechta 2017, ISBN 978-3-86685-606-6 4-4.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Awards on curriculum vitae on the author's website.
personal data
SURNAME Walther, J. Monika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig