Jana Volkmann
Jana Volkmann (* 1983 in Kassel ) is a German author who lives in Austria .
Life
Jana Volkmann lived in the north, west and east of Germany . In Berlin she studied European literatures and published her first prose texts . She now lives and writes in Vienna , is working on a dissertation on hotels in contemporary literature and publishes reviews and other things, e.g. B. in the weekly newspaper der Freitag or in the magazine Buchkultur . From 2015 to 2017 she was also co- editor-in-chief of book culture .
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With the short story collection webbed Jana Volkmann was in 2012 her book debut. The "26 Metamorphoses" assembled in it all have female main characters and move between reality and fantasy.
Her story Stranger Words is about a young woman who wanders through antiquarian bookshops in Berlin looking for books with personal dedications . The authors' texts hardly play a role, she prefers to think up stories about the dedications and the people behind them. Gradually she loses touch with reality as she withdraws more and more from her own life into these made-up stories. Jana Volkmann also dealt with the subject of dedications in an essay in the weekly newspaper der Freitag . Here she investigates the question of whether dedications in books are still appropriate.
Her debut novel Daszeichen für Regen was published in autumn 2015 . Again, a young woman is at the center of the action. The protagonist Irene moves from Berlin to Japan to work as a maid in a hotel.
Literary publications
- Alluvial forest . Novel. Verbrecher Verlag , Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-957324467
- The sign of rain . Novel. Edition Atelier , Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-903005-07-5 (also as e-book: ISBN 978-3-903005-70-9 )
- Strange words . Narrative. Edition Atelier , Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902498-99-1 (also as e-book: ISBN 978-3-903005-81-5 )
- Webbed feet . Short stories. Edition Periplaneta , Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-940767-92-9 (with CD)
- Texts in the anthologies of the North Hessian Literature Prize 2014 and the PenMarathon 2018
- Publications in journals and magazines, etc. a. in No delicacies , things with words and o- rings
Awards
- 1st place at the German-Georgian PenMarathon (2018)
Web links
- Author's website
Individual evidence
- ^ "New editor-in-chief at the Austrian book magazine" , börsenblatt.net, May 2015
- ↑ Book information on the publisher's website
- ↑ audio sample
- ↑ Review on the literary blog Literaturen
- ↑ Essay “In Schönschrift” , Friday, 10/15 edition
- ↑ Book information and trailer on the publisher's website
- ↑ About the PenMarathon writing competition
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Volkmann, Jana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |