Katrin Askan
Katrin Askan (born February 21, 1966 in East Berlin ) is a German writer .
Life
After graduating from high school, Katrin Askan first worked in a hospital and in a bookstore. In 1986 she managed to escape from the eastern part of the city to West Berlin . Long stays in Sweden followed, where she translated for radio, among other things. She later studied philosophy and German at the Free University of Berlin and currently lives as a freelance writer in Cologne . Since 1988 she has published poetry and prose in numerous magazines and anthologies. a. the story The Scorpion in the annual journal for literature and graphics Shellfish .
The personal experience of an escape to the West is processed fictionally in an original way in the novels in A major and Aus dem Schneider . Off the hook in particular received many praise and was seen in many reviews as an important contribution to the genre of the reversible novel .
She has also written several radio series for children for The Ear Bear .
In 1998 Katrin Askan received the Friedrich-Hölderlin-Prize of the City of Bad Homburg, in 1999 the Rolf-Dieter-Brinkmann-Scholarship of the City of Cologne and in 2001 the 3sat-Prize at the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Competition .
Works
- A major , Roman, 1996, ISBN 3-93277-615-1
- Eisenengel , Roman, Mitteldeutscher Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-93277-620-8
- Aus dem Schneider , Roman, Berlin Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-82700-358-X
- Repeat offenders , stories, Berlin Verlag 2002 ISBN 3-82700-421-7
literature
- Biography in: Björn Kuhligk u. Jan Wagner (Ed.): Lyrik von Jetzt , Dumont, Cologne 2003
- My Freedom - Stories from Germany , pp. 201–207: Katrin Askan , Kathrin Höhne / Maren Martell, publisher: epubli GmbH, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-7375-0615-1
Web links
- Literature by and about Katrin Askan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website of Katrin Askan
- Short biography and reviews of works by Katrin Askan at perlentaucher.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Askan, Katrin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Berlin |