Katja Berlin

Katja Berlin , actually Katja Dittrich (born February 27, 1980 in Berlin ) is a German author , columnist and blogger .

Career

Katja Berlin studied media consulting and political science at the TU Berlin and the FU Berlin . After a few years as a PR officer and online editor for associations and a federal ministry, she has been working as a freelance writer since 2010. She is regularly represented with graphic columns in Die Zeit and Handelsblatt . She also writes for the Berliner Zeitung . Since October 2013 she lives in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen .

The "specialist for strange graphics", as she called the Spiegel , presents everyday things in her books and columns in the form of pie charts . The Rheinische Post called her illustrations "small, fine observations from everyday German life in all their contradictions in a nutshell ". For example, she illustrated the topic of waste separation with two largely overlapping circles, one of which symbolizes the group of those who separate their waste, the other those who believe that the separated waste will ultimately be thrown back together again. The psychologist Stephan Lermer described what is special about her graphics, in which, by simplifying “big questions to the essentials”, one has the feeling of “being understood and being understood”, with the fact that Katja Berlin delivers surprises to the “expectations in the head” .

The Berliner Zeitung perceived her as a “real Twitter star” . On the micro-blogging service, where she had around 47,000 followers in March 2018 , she creates “a kind of one-person soap opera , a mixture of television series like ' Stromberg ' and ' Ally McBeal ' perhaps” ". The “lovable, self-deprecating main character” oscillates “between office madness and being single”. The Tagesspiegel found that she was one of those who would make Twitter “a kind of cabaret ”.

Publications

with Peter Grünlich: What we learn in school Heyne Verlag 2018 ISBN 978-3-641-22413-4
with Peter Grünlich: What a catchy tune from . Heyne Verlag 11/2017 ISBN 978-3-453-60220-5 ( limited preview )
with Peter Grünlich: Anyone can do this recipe! what should really be in the instructions for use . Riva Verlag 2016 ISBN 9783959712200 ( reception )
Pies of Truth: the world is complicated enough! Riva Verlag 2016 ISBN 978-3-86883-852-7 ( limited preview )
with Peter Grünlich: What we do when we are at the till . Heyne Verlag 11/2016 ISBN 978-3-453-60401-8
with Peter Grünlich: To the birth . Heyne Verlag 2/2016 ISBN 978-3-453-60373-8
with Peter Grünlich: To the wedding . Heyne Verlag 2/2016 ISBN 978-3-453-60375-2
Felt Germany . Ullstein Verlag 2015 ISBN 978-3-548-37585-4
with Peter Grünlich: What we do when the boss walks in . Heyne Verlag 2015 ISBN 978-3-453-60319-6 ( limited preview )
with Peter Grünlich: For my birthday . Heyne Verlag 12/2015 ISBN 978-3-453-60374-5
Cat content: SMS from my cat Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag 2013 ISBN 978-3-499-60452-2 ( limited preview )
with Peter Grünlich: What we do when the doorbell rings . Heyne Verlag 2013 ISBN 978-3-453-60269-4
with Peter Grünlich: What we do when the elevator doesn't come . Heyne Verlag 2012 ISBN 978-3-453-60220-5 ( limited preview )

Web links

Katja Berlin homepage

Individual evidence

^ Author profile of Katja Berlin at Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag ; accessed on March 8, 2018.
^ Author profile of Katja Berlin at the Berliner Zeitung ; accessed on March 8, 2018.
↑ Katja Berlin: The truth about Gesundbrunnen |. In: katjadittrich.de. May 9, 2014, accessed on March 18, 2018 (German).
↑ Verena Töpper: There is always noodles when you wear a white shirt . In: Der Spiegel . September 11, 2015.
↑ Philipp Stempel: The whole truth about Germany . In: Rheinische Post . April 15, 2015.
↑ Moritz Baumstieger: "We take ourselves more seriously than we are for the world" . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . May 18, 2011.
↑ Marin Majica: The Solo Artist . In: Berliner Zeitung . November 29, 2011.
↑ Astrid Herbold: Zodiac sign chatterbox . In: Der Tagesspiegel . June 10, 2010.
↑ Yes, it's true: Germany really is like that! In: Brigitte . April 15, 2015.
↑ The effort involved in eating an orange . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . September 9, 2013.
↑ Dagmar Haas-Pilwat: Mostly funny graphics . In: Rheinische Post . December 26, 2011.

personal data
SURNAME	Berlin, Katja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dittrich, Katja (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German author, columnist and blogger
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin

[1] Author profile of Katja Berlin at Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag ; accessed on March 8, 2018.

[2] Author profile of Katja Berlin at the Berliner Zeitung ; accessed on March 8, 2018.

[3] Katja Berlin: The truth about Gesundbrunnen |. In: katjadittrich.de. May 9, 2014, accessed on March 18, 2018 (German).

[4] Verena Töpper: There is always noodles when you wear a white shirt . In: Der Spiegel . September 11, 2015.

[5] Philipp Stempel: The whole truth about Germany . In: Rheinische Post . April 15, 2015.

[6] Moritz Baumstieger: "We take ourselves more seriously than we are for the world" . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . May 18, 2011.

[7] Marin Majica: The Solo Artist . In: Berliner Zeitung . November 29, 2011.

[8] Astrid Herbold: Zodiac sign chatterbox . In: Der Tagesspiegel . June 10, 2010.

[9] Yes, it's true: Germany really is like that! In: Brigitte . April 15, 2015.

[10] The effort involved in eating an orange . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . September 9, 2013.

[11] Dagmar Haas-Pilwat: Mostly funny graphics . In: Rheinische Post . December 26, 2011.