Johanna Walser

Johanna Walser (born April 3, 1957 in Ulm ) is a German writer and literary translator .

Life

Johanna Walser is a daughter of the author Martin Walser . She grew up in Friedrichshafen and Überlingen on Lake Constance . From 1982 she studied German and philosophy in Berlin and Konstanz .

Johanna Walser is the author of psychological sketches and miniatures ; She also translates from English and French, often in collaboration with her father. She received u. a. In 1982 the Luise Rinser Prize and in 1993 a Villa Massimo scholarship .

Works (selection)

as an author

• Standing before life. Prose pieces , 1982. New edition. Edition Isele, Eggingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-86142-481-9 .
• The submission. Narration . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 1986, ISBN 3-596-11448-9 .
• Weather lights. Narratives . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 1991, ISBN 3-596-22370-9 .
• Try to be there. Prose . 2nd edition. Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 1998, ISBN 3-596-22395-4 .
• Lake Constance. The four seasons . Stadler Verlag, Konstanz 1997, ISBN 3-7977-0359-7 (together with Hella Wolff-Seybold)
• At the water. Pictures . Sanssouci Verlag, Zurich 2000. ISBN 3-7254-1170-0 (illustrated book, together with Quint Buchholz , photographs, and Martin Walser , text).

translator

• David Almond : Time of the Moon ("Skelling"). Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1999, ISBN 3-473-34365-X (together with Martin Walser ).
• Marianne Curley : In the circle of fire ("Old magic"). Dtv, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-62101-X .
• Irene Goede : The little Indian . Freiburg im Breisgau 1994 (together with Martin Walser).
• Jean-Christian Knaff : Adam Elefant . Middelhauve, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-7876-9361-0 (together with Martin Walser).
• Jean-Christian Knaff: Manhattan. A picture book . Middelhauve, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7876-9360-2 (together with Martin Walser).
• Molière : The imaginary sick person (“Le malade imaginaire”). Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1987, ISBN 3-458-32714-2 (together with Martin Walser).
• Harold Pinter : The dwarfs. Roman ("The dwarfs"). 3rd edition Rowohlt, Reinbek 2005, ISBN 3-499-13265-6 .
• Colin Thompson : When Sally flies ("Falling angels"). Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2001, ISBN 3-473-33797-8 (together with Martin Walser).
• Chris Van Allsburg : The cutest fig. A picture book (“The sweetest fig”). Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1995, ISBN 3-473-33362-X (together with Martin Walser).
• Oscar Wilde : Fairy tales between day and dream ("Stories for children"). Children's book publisher, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-358-02126-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Johanna Walser in the catalog of the German National Library