Karen-Susan Fessel

Karen-Susan Fessel (born December 15, 1964 in Lübeck ) is a German writer.

Life

Karen-Susan Fessel was born in Lübeck and graduated from Ludwig-Windthorst-Gymnasium in Meppen in 1983 . This was followed from 1983 to 1991 with a master's degree in theater studies, German and Romance studies at the Free University of Berlin . In 1992 she did an internship in the radio play and feature departments of the ORB . She has been a freelance writer and journalist since 1993, lives and works in Berlin .

She published novels, short stories and non-fiction books in various publishers ( Berliner Querverlag , Piper , Konkursbuch Verlag , Kosmos-Verlag and Verlag Friedrich Oetinger ).

Karen-Susan Fessel also works as a journalist, primarily for Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, and as a lecturer for writing seminars. She also holds numerous lectures and readings at home and abroad, B. in Switzerland and Sweden and at the invitation of the Goethe-Institut in Latvia (2006 and 2007), Estonia (2006), Macedonia (2008 and 2009), Serbia, Hungary and Colombia (all 2009). In Colombia, she was also the main speaker at the 5th International Conference on Children's and Youth Literature at the Universidad Central in November 2009. In 2018 she was “Poet in Residence” at Bielefeld University.

In 2020, Fessel was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Scholarships

• 1996: Residence grant in the artist village Schöppingen , North Rhine-Westphalia
• 1997 and 2002: Alfred Döblin Scholarship in Wewelsfleth, Schleswig-Holstein
• 1998 and 2005: Scholarship for children's and youth literature from the Prussian Sea Handling Foundation, Berlin
• 1999: Scholarship in the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf , Brandenburg and Scholarship in the Künstlerhaus Lukas of the Kulturfonds Foundation, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
• 2000: Scholarship in the artist house Cismar / Grömitz of the state government Schleswig-Holstein
• 2000: Foreign travel grant for Sweden from the Berlin Senate Department for Science and Culture
• 2001: Amsterdam residency grant from the Cultural Exchange Foundation and the Art Association Röderhof eV grant, Saxony-Anhalt
• 2002, 2003 and 2008: Scholarship at the Baltic Center for Writers and Translators, Visby / Gotland, Sweden
• 2004: Märkisches scholarship for literature
• 2011: Cross-border commuter grant from the Robert Bosch Foundation (travel grant for Serbia)

Prizes and awards

• "And if it does!" (Youth book published by Oetinger Verlag): 2003 nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize 03/2002 " The best 7 books for young readers " (DeutschlandRadio / Focus)
• "Steingesicht" (youth book published by Oetinger Verlag) 12/2001 Seven Best - Zurich Children's Book Prize La vache qui lit 2005 Taiwan Book Award
• "A star called Mama" (children's book, Oetinger-Verlag) 5/2002 Recommended list of the Evangelical Book Prize 11/2000 Seven Best - Zurich Children's Book Prize " La vache qui lit " 3/2000 The best 7 books for young readers (DeutschlandRadio / Focus)
• Rosa Courage Prize 2011
• Poet in Residence Bielefeld University 2018
• Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon 2020

Bibliography (literature for adults)

• 1994: And in the evening with lighting. Novel. Konkursbuch-Verlag Gehrke, Tübingen 1994, ISBN 3-88769-083-4 .
• 1995: hypocritical mouth. Erotic stories. Konkursbuch-Verlag Gehrke, Tübingen 1995, ISBN 3-88769-094-X .
• 1996: pictures of her. Novel. Querverlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-89656-007-7 .
• 1997: Sirib, my queen. Fantastic story. Konkursbuch-Verlag Gehrke, Tübingen 1997, ISBN 3-88769-107-5 .
• 1998: What I don't tell Moira. Stories. Querverlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89656-028-X .
• 2002: until I find her. Novel. Querverlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89656-072-7 .
• 2003: Thanks, I can do it alone! The small masturbation primer for today's independent woman. Querverlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89656-092-1 .
• 2004: under my hands. Novel. Querverlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89656-100-6 .
• 2004: with Axel Schock : Out! 800 famous lesbian, gay and bisexuals. 5th edition. Querverlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89656-111-1 .
• 2005: only the best! Novel. Querverlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89656-124-3 .
• 2005: Jenny with O. Roman. Querverlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89656-123-5 .
• 2006: Adventure and Women's Stories. Stories. Querverlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89656-127-8 .
• 2010: Soft tones. Novel. Querverlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-89656-182-4 .
• 2013: what you want. Novel. Querverlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-89656-208-1 .
• 2014: Bronko, my wife mother and me. Novel. Querverlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-89656-217-3 .
• 2017: with Oliver Sechting : The number thief. My life with obsessive-compulsive disorder. BALANCE buch + medien Verlag, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-86739-125-2 .
• 2018: Mother moves out. Novel. bankruptcy book Verlag Claudia Gehrke, Tübingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-88769-680-1 .
• 2020: into the world. Novel. Querverlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-8965-6284-5 .

Bibliography (literature for children and young people)

• A star named Mama. Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-7891-3504-6 .
• Stone face. Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7891-3505-4 .
• And if so! Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-7891-3507-0 .
• You, of all people. Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7891-3509-7 .
• Tinsel in the sky. Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-7891-3510-0 .
• Max in the clouds. Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-7891-3511-9 .
• Jenny with O. Roman. Querverlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89656-123-5 .
• Attention, girls wanted! Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7891-3540-8 .
• Watch out guys on the way! Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7891-3518-7 .
• with Manfred Schwarz: GG - what is that? The Basic Law explains. Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7891-8422-2 .
• Polar pods. Oetinger Verlag, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7891-3519-4 .
• Love makes you different. Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-440-13346-0 .
• Shadow glances. Thriller. DTV, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-423-71565-2 .
• with Regina Nössler : The three ??? Kids . Watch out, cat thieves! Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-440-13614-0 .
• What rests in the shadows. Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-440-14917-1 .
• Hip-hop, dog and heart beating. My life as a twin. Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-440-14630-9 .
• Frieda Fricke, impossible. Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-440-15286-7 .
• Everything is real. Oetinger Taschenbuch, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-8415-0439-5 .
• with Heidi Kull (illustrations): foggy days, glittering days. psychiatrie-Verlag, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-86739-133-7 .
• Frieda Fricke, unbelievable. Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-440-15927-9 .
• with Heribert Schulmeyer (illustrations): A star named Mama - the picture book. psychiatrie-Verlag, Cologne 2018, ISBN 978-3-86739-173-3 .
• with Rosa Linke (illustrations): Selina Stummfisch. psychiatrie-Verlag, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-86739-177-1 .
• with Heribert Schulmeyer (illustrations): Mamas Püschose. psychiatrie-Verlag, Cologne 2020, ISBN 978-3-86739-184-9 .

Other published stories and essays (selection)

• The tailor and the seamstress. In: Peter Schaden (Ed.): Drive in. Texts for the 1st Vienna Workshop Prize. Vienna, 1993
• Counter-noise. In: Jürgen Roth and Hermann-Josef Schuh (eds.): Rausch und Künste. Bankruptcy book Verlag Claudia Gehrke, Tübingen 1994.
• Father's blood. In: Regina Nössler , Petra Flocke (Ed.): Blood. Bankruptcy book. Journal for Criticism of Reason. Bankruptcy book Verlag Claudia Gehrke, Tübingen 1997, ISBN 3-88769-233-0 (= bankruptcy book. Volume 33).
• Lost faces. In: Madeleine Marti and Marianne Ulmi (eds.): Sappho kisses Europa. Stories from lesbians from twenty countries. Quer, Berlin 1997.
  • English translation: Lost Faces. In: Naomi Holoch, Joan Nestle (Eds.): The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction . Random House, New York 1999.
• Bill bounce. In: Thomas Ott (Ed.): Once upon a time it was nice. Stories. Swarm of Men Script, Hamburg 1997.
• Rules and roles. In: Stephanie Kuhnen (ed.): Butch / Femme. An erotic culture . Querverlag, Berlin 1997.
• The bitches and me. In: Andrea Krug and Dagmar Schadenberg (eds.): Seductions. Krug & Schadenberg, Berlin 1998.
  • also in: Andrea Bußemeier (Ed.): Sugar & Spice. Fast stories for tough women. Knaur, Munich 2000.
• My mother is right. In: Iris Konopik, Stefanie Montag (Ed.): Coming Out Reader. Argument Verlag, Hamburg 1999.
• The dark half of the moon. In: Rainer Falk u. a. (Ed.): Sex experiments. Querverlag, Berlin 1999.
• Frühauff, Gronbach and Partner. In: Andrea Krug, Dagmar Schadenberg (Ed.): Moments. Krug & Schadenberg, Berlin 1999.
• Reading in Leipzig. In: Susanne Frank, Timothy Sonderhüsken (Ed.): Hot'n Holy. An erotic Christmas calendar. Knaur, Munich 1999.
• Tine from the Moore. In: Alexandra Rak (Ed.): Von Gestern und Morgen. With 21 authors through twenty and a century. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg 2000.
• Adventure and women’s stories. In: Nora Déchant (Ed.): Overnight stay with breakfast. Erotic stories. Knaur, Munich 2000.
• What's mine In: Manuela Kay , Anja Müller (eds.): More beautifully come. The sex book for lesbians. Querverlag, Berlin 2000.
• The parade of postal workers. In: Sabine Blau (Ed.): Stories about turning red. Piper Verlag, Munich 2000.
  • also in: Sabine Blau (Ed.): The most important thing in the world. Piper Verlag, Munich 2003.
• Books have been my best gifts from the start - me, about myself. In: Oetinger Reading Book, Almanach 2001/2001. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger, Hamburg 2001.
• When the bodies became important. In: Claudia Gehrke, Uve Schmidt: My secret eye. The Yearbook of Erotic XVI. Bankruptcy book Verlag Claudia Gehrke, Tübingen 2001.
• Which I don't tell Moira. In: Bettina Hesse (Ed.): Fire and Flame. An erotic reader. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2002
• Cora knows her way around. In: Michaela Kenklies (ed.): Bedtime stories for women who do not want to fall asleep. Piper Verlag, Munich 2002
• Cheers to Lapland! In: Annika Krummacher (Ed.): Freundinnen. The most beautiful stories. Piper Verlag, Munich 2002
• Silent prey. In: Anna Maria Heller, Regina Nössler (ed.): Bites and kisses 2. Sex stories. Querverlag, Berlin 2002

Web links

• Literature by and about Karen-Susan Fessel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Karen-Susan Fessel's website
• Karen-Susan Fessel at Querverlag
• L-talk: Interview with Karen-Susan Fessel
• Karen-Susan Fessel at the bankruptcy book publisher

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for the author Karen-Susan Fessel. Senate Department for Culture and Europe , February 5, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 .