Jasper Nicolaisen

Jasper Nicolaisen (* 1979 in Kiel ) is a German translator, journalist and author.

Life

After graduating from the Johanneum in Lüneburg, Nicolaisen studied American studies , sociology and educational science at the Humboldt University and the FU Berlin . In 2003/04 he studied at Georgetown University on a Fulbright scholarship . After completing his master's degree in American studies in 2007, he became a research assistant at the Free University and began a dissertation at the Humboldt University in educational sciences. He has been working as a freelance translator and author since 2011. Nicolaisen also works as an educator and systemic therapist.

Create

Nicolaisen has been working as a freelance translator and author since 2011. He translated works by Jocelynn Drake , Samuel R. Delany and Stacia Kane into German. In 2012, together with Jakob Schmidt , he was awarded the Kurd-Laßwitz Prize for his translation of David Marusek's collection of stories We were beside ourselves with happiness .

In 2010 he took part in the literary experiment Hinterland published by Karla Schmidt , an anthology published by Wurdack , for which 20 authors wrote science fiction stories based on music by David Bowie . Also in 2010 a contribution by him appeared in the non-fiction book Horror as everyday life for the television series Buffy - The Vampire Slayer .

Nicolaisen publishes articles in anthologies and writes a. a. for testcard , new germany , jungle world and taz . He has been a columnist for the feminist magazine an.schlag since 2019 .

In his novels, he mostly deals with the subjects of family, growing up and gender roles from a queer perspective in a humorous way .

His novel A Beautiful Dress was nominated for the 2017 hotlist of independent publishers.

Translations (selection)

• Jocelynn Drake: Huntress of the Night: Dayhunter. LYX Egmont, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8025-8263-9 .
• Jocelynn Drake: Huntress of the Night: Dawnbreaker. LYX Egmont, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8025-8389-6 .
• Stacia Kane: Soul Wrath. LYX Egmont, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8025-8357-5 .
• David Marusek: We were beside ourselves with happiness. Golkonda Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-942396-03-5 .
• Samuel R. Delany: The movement of light in water. Golkonda Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-944720-23-4 .

Novels

• Fantastic novel , CreateSpace, 2013, ISBN 978-1-491294-44-4
• Rex Feuchti (as Margarethe Grimma), Verlag das Beben, 2014, ISBN 978-3-944855-07-3
• A nice dress. Novel about a queer family , Querverlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-896562-47-0
• Adult , Querverlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-896562-76-0

Book contributions

• Space suits & robber pistols. Fantastic short stories , (as Schlotzen & Kloben together with Jakob Schmidt and Simon Weinert), Shayol, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-926126-94-8
• Horror as everyday life , Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-940426-52-9 .
• Hinterland - 20 stories, inspired by the music of David Bowie , Wurdack Verlag, Nittendorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-938065-69-3 .
• The Mamas and the Papas. Pop, reproduction and unruly relationships , Ventil-Verlag, Mainz 2013, ISBN 978-3-955750-09-1
• Damaged Goods: 150 entries in punk history , Ventil-Verlag, Mainz 2016, ISBN 978-3-955750-61-9

Web links

• Presentation on the educational sciences portal of the HU
• Interview with Ralf Steinberg on Fantasyguide.de
• Jasper Nicolaisen in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Interview with "I need a genius"
• Interview with the blog "Puking Unicorn"

proof

1. ^ Vita Jasper Nicolaisen, website of the Humboldt University
2. ↑ Jasper Nicolaisen - Querverlag. Retrieved June 13, 2019 . 
3. ↑ perlentaucher.de
4. ↑ home game: The Space Age of Parental Leave. In: an.schlag. April 13, 2019, accessed on June 13, 2019 (German). 
5. ↑ Jochen: A beautiful dress. Novel about a queer family - Review - JOCHEN KÖNIG. Retrieved June 13, 2019 (German). 
6. ↑ Paula Irmschler: The "Oh, man, shit" moment (new Germany). Retrieved June 13, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Literature news : These are the 30 candidates for the 2017 hotlist. In: Literature Blog. July 4, 2017, accessed on June 13, 2019 (German). 
8. ↑ Missy reviews: Space suits & robber pistols . Review in Missy Magazine