Kirsten John
Kirsten John (born July 18, 1966 in Hanover ) is a German writer .
Life
Kirsten John studied German , history and philosophy at the University of Hanover until 1993 . She lives and works as a freelance writer and editor in Hanover and Amsterdam .
For her debut novel to learn to swim in blue (2001), which has been translated into several languages, she received the Lower Saxony Prize for Literature in 2001 and the City of Hanover's Kurt Morawietz Prize for Literature in 2002 . In it she tells the life story of the painter Katharina, "who interprets her story with color theory". The novel was reviewed in the feature sections of the NZZ , FR and SZ . In 2007 Kirsten John received an annual scholarship from the state of Lower Saxony for literature.
She subsequently published numerous books for children and young people . The reviewer Sonja Kessen said on Kulturradio about her story Dangerous Rabbits (2012) : “With simple clear words, the author tells how conflicts that float beneath the surface break out, how one is temporarily estranged and how new perspectives finally open up for everyone involved ". Under the pseudonym Marie Lucas, Kirsten John published the youth novel Between Eternal and Now in 2013 .
In 2009 John was a founding member of Lesestart Hannover .
Works (selection)
- Fiction
- Learn to swim in blue. Novel . Goldmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-72961-0 (reprint of the Stuttgart 2001 edition).
- Novels for teenagers
- Ariadne - time travelers shouldn't be stopped . Arena, Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-401-06676-9 .
- Between Eternal and Now (under the pseudonym Marie Lucas), Fischer FJB 2013, ISBN 978-3-8414-2214-9
- Non-fiction books for children and young people
- Toby in the gardens. A children's guide through the Herrenhausen Gardens . Nicolai, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-89479-484-2 .
- Who was Klaus Störtebeker ? The German Robin Hood . Publishing house Jacoby & Stuart , Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-941087-13-2 .
- Who was Arminius ? Hermann the Cheruscan . Publishing house Jacoby & Stuart, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-941087-25-5 .
- Who Was Christopher Columbus ? The discoverer of America . Publishing house Jacoby & Stuart, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-941087-92-7 .
Web links
- Short biography and reviews of works by Kirsten John at perlentaucher.de
- Literature by and about Kirsten John in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kirsten John's personal website
- Matthias Halbig: The many worlds of the writer Kirsten John , in: New Press November 6, 2012
Individual evidence
- ^ Andreas Nentwich in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, October 4, 2001
- ↑ Sonja Kessen: Kirsten John: "Dangerous Rabbits" ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Kulturradio rbb on August 8, 2012
- ↑ Who we are , subpage of lesestart-hannover.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | John, Kirsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |