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 .

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

Stage pictures (with Rolf Schneider, photos). A look behind the scenes of the Coburg Theater, Coburg, Neue Presse, Coburg, 148 p.

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

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.

personal data
SURNAME	Odenthal, Karina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer and dramaturge
DATE OF BIRTH	August 15, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paderborn