Karina Odenthal
Karina Odenthal (born August 15, 1961 in Paderborn ) is a German writer and dramaturge . She lives near Heidelberg and in Berlin .
Life
After graduating from high school and a twelve-month traineeship at the daily newspaper Neue Westfälische , Karina Odenthal studied literature at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . During her studies she worked as an assistant in the directing and dramaturgy department at the Theater der Stadt Heidelberg and was employed as a dramaturgy assistant after completing her studies. Engagements as acting and chief dramaturge took her to the Landestheater Coburg , the Stadttheater Würzburg and the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern , and she also worked as a lecturer for the theater department of S. Fischer Verlag . After long stays abroad and travels (primarily South Asia), she has been working as a freelance dramaturge, editor, author and lecturer for creative writing since 2005. Karina Odenthal is a member of the Dramaturgische Gesellschaft , the Association of German Writers and the crime writers' association Mörderische Schwestern / Sisters in Crime .
Publications
Plays
- Pucki and the magic forest ... a tiny midsummer night's dream, September 2006
- Hocus pocus dragon heart, November 2006
- SisterHeart !, September 2008
- In Devil's Kitchen, January 2011
Short stories and short stories
- Right in the heart, in "Mord (s) cases", October 2003
- Leaves. Loose sheets, in “Briefgeheimnis”, November 2003
- Removed make-up, in "Meine Schöne", December 2003 & January 2005
- Besenstiel und Bibergeil, in "Edbel um Harry P.", February 2004
- From heaven. Liked in “Amour Fou”, September 2004
- Un-kind, in "Murderous Wiesbaden 3", February 2005
- The man with the cello, in “Mörderisch”, October 2005
- Vom Himmel.Gefallen, in "Von Wegen", November 2005
- The fairy tale seller, in “Schein Criterion”, June 2006
- Blood Secret, in "Deadly Sins," August 2006
- Blood red like the color of the poppy. Corn poppy, in "Ladykillers", December 2006
- Shakespeare weeps, in "Mannheimer Morde", September 2007
- Witch seeks honey moon, in “Zauberwelt - magische Momente”, January 2011
- Qitura. The scent in “Kühner Kosmos”, January 2011
- Franziska's sketch pad in “Matters of the Heart”, February 2011
- Peking duck in Shanghai in "Travel - and what to tell about it", March 2011
- Holunda's editorial in “Detective stories from the witch's kitchen”, October 2011
Non-fiction
- Stage pictures (with Rolf Schneider, photos). A look behind the scenes of the Coburg Theater, Coburg, Neue Presse, Coburg, 148 p.
As editor
- Ladykillers, Karina Odenthal and Simone Jöst (eds.), Short crime thriller competition and anthology on the subject of “Cocktail Murders”, December 2006 Lerato Verlag, December 2006, ISBN 3938882174
- Holundas Editorial, Krimis aus der Hexenküche, Karina Odenthal (Ed.) Anthology with short crime novels from the magical world, Der kleine Buchverlag, Karlsruhe October 2011, ISBN 9783942637084
Awards
- Thurn-und-Taxis Prize of the Bavarian Theatertage (patron August Everding) for “Best Dramaturgy” on the occasion of the parallel productions Summer Guests by Maxim Gorki (Director: Tebbe Harms Kleen) and Trilogy of Reunion by Botho Strauss (Director: Hermann Molzer) on Stadttheater Würzburg, awarded by Gloria Fürstin zu Thurn und Taxis.
- Literature Prize (4th place) of the German Filmmuseum Berlin at the crime thriller competition on the occasion of the exhibition Die Kommissarinnen , awarded by the film museum director Hans Helmut Prinzler and jury chairman Iris Berben for the text The man with the cello .
- Literature grant from the Hessian Literature Council (Association of German Writers / LB Hessen & Hessian Ministry for Science and Art) in autumn 2008 with residence in Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Literature prize of the Kasperl fanatical competition of the VHS Vienna (as part of the EU project FIT: against fanaticism) for the play In Teufels Küche , Kasperl cabaret for adults.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karina Odenthal in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Karina Odenthal in the German Digital Library
- Karina Odenthal's website
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Odenthal, Karina |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and dramaturge |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1961 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paderborn |