Katharina Sulzbach
Katharina Sulzbach (born June 6, 1963 in Wiesbaden ) is a German lawyer and writer who became famous for her book Westendladies , published in 2011 . She also writes under her maiden name.
Life
She spent part of her childhood in French-speaking Switzerland on Lake Geneva . At the Main-Taunus-Gymnasium in Hofheim am Taunus she passed the Abitur. After studying English at Hammersmith College in London, she studied law at Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University and in Paris. After her second state examination, she worked as a lawyer in a commercial law firm in Frankfurt am Main. From 1991 to 2018 she was the legal advisor of a stock corporation. Since 2019 she has devoted herself exclusively to her writing.
Katharina Sulzbach's first novel Westendladies , published in 2011, deals with the lives of three women in Frankfurt-Westend . The novel was initially published by the Frankfurt publisher weissbooks.w . The Bild newspaper ran a full-page article on the book with the headline “Sex and the Gudd Stubb”. The novel was the best-selling book of the year at Hugendubel Frankfurt. The FAZ praised it as probably the best-selling Frankfurt book of the summer. The title of the novel Stutenparade (2012) alludes to the scene of golf, hockey and private school moms. The story arc also extends to the dubious machinations in the art auction scene and is partly set in Zurich. The book was reviewed in regional and national newspapers. Sulzbach third novel hunting big game , the last part of the trilogy Westend Ladies , appeared, 2014.
Two handfuls of lives appeared in April 2019 under the pseudonym Katharina Fuchs , based on the true life story of the author's grandmothers, their German fate in the first half of the twentieth century, through two world wars. The novel was placed on the Spiegel bestseller list for several weeks in a row.
In April 2020, the sequel with the title "Neuleben" appeared under the pseudonym Katharina Fuchs. In this novel about the post-war period, the author tells the story of her aunt, who was one of the very first presiding judges in Germany, and her mother, a fashion designer.
Publications
- West End ladies . Weissbooks.w., Frankfurt am Main 2011, 312 pages, ISBN 978-3-86337-007-7 .
- Mare parade . Droemer Paperback, Munich 2012, 363 pages, ISBN 978-3-426-22624-7 .
- Big game hunting . Knaur Taschenbuch, Munich 2014, 476 pages, ISBN 978-3-426-51457-3 .
- Two handfuls of lives . Droemer Hardcover, Munich 2019, 544 pages, ISBN 978-3-426-28210-6 .
- Two handfuls of lives . Droemer Taschenbuch, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-426-30685-7 .
- New life . Droemer Hardcover, Munich 2020, 480 pages, ISBN 978-3-426-28211-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview: Wiesbaden author Katharina Sulzbach about her new book "Zwei Handvoll Leben" Wiesbadener Kurier, April 26, 2019
- ↑ Picture from June 17, 2011 /
- ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 9, 2011
- ↑ Welt Kompakt of 23 August 2012
- ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of August 16, 2012
- ↑ Wiesbadener Kurier of January 5, 2013
- ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau of August 25, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sulzbach, Katharina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |