Jenni Zylka
Jenni Zylka (born May 6, 1969 in Osnabrück ) is a German writer , freelance journalist and presenter from Berlin . She has played the organ in the psychobilly band Sunny Domestozs since 1986 and was previously a member of Skaville Disease .
Life
After graduating from high school, Zylka moved to Berlin in 1988 . She studied linguistics , art studies and communication studies . In 1994 she trained as a sound engineer at the SAE Berlin .
Among other things, she writes as a music and film critic and columnist for taz , Tagesspiegel and Spiegel Online , moderates a literary program on WDR radio, works as a presenter and feature film watcher for the Berlinale , has written scripts since 2006 and is a member of the Grimme selection committee Price . She also appeared as a stand-up comedian in the early 1990s. In 2003 she published her first novel 1000 new things to do in weightlessness, which tells the humorous story of a media worker with ametropia in a big city. A year later, in Beat Baby, beat! the rise of an imaginary female instrumental band in Germany in the 1990s.
Since 2013 she has been teaching budding fashion journalists in creative writing and journalism at the Academy for Fashion and Design in Berlin.
Works
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1000 new things to do in weightlessness. Novel. Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 3-499-23405-X
- Review by Sonja Eismann in Intro , April 11, 2003
- A sofa blanket made of chain meshes , review by Rochus Wolff in Critical Edition , 2/2003 (PDF file; 74 kB)
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Beat baby, beat! Novel. Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-499-23619-2
- Like a good instrumental band , review by Sandra Grether in Intro , May 26, 2004
- Groovie Baby ( Memento from January 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), review by Ursula Gaisa in nmz , 2004/07
Awards (selection)
- 2002: Berlin Literature Scholarship
- 2004: 1st prize “Silver Linden Tree” for a film retelling, Festival of Retelling Films
- 2011: German Radio Prize in the “Best Show” category for Jenni Zylka as guest of Peter Wawerzinek (together with Leslie Rosin )
Web links
- www.jennizylka.de
- Short biography and information on Jenni Zylka's work at Literaturport
- Interview with Jenni Zylka ( Memento from May 16, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) on the Rowohlt Verlag website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Welcome to Sunny Domestozs ( memento of February 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 21, 2015.
- ↑ Career brand OS: Jenni Zylka has recently been working for Thomas Gottschalk , Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , December 22, 2011.
- ↑ About ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Jenni Zylka.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 14, 2016
Remarks
- ↑ Also found as Jenny Zylka .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zylka, Jenni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, freelance journalist and presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osnabrück |