Lena Klassen

Lena Klassen , b. Schmidt, (* 1971 in Moscow ) is a German author of Russian-German origin.

life and work

Klassen spent her childhood and youth in Espelkamp and graduated from the Söderblom-Gymnasium there in 1991 . She has lived in Stemwede since 1995 . Klassen studied literature, English and philosophy. She received her doctorate in 1999 from Bielefeld University on the fantastic literature of the Welsh author Arthur Make (1863–1947). The dissertation was published in 2000 under the title Arthur Machens phantastischer Raum. Space and mood published as the basis of fantastic storytelling .

Klassen wrote several fantasy novels, novels, and children's books. She published the successful fantasy trilogy Sehnsucht nach Rinland at Neufeld Verlag . Her book MAGYRIA - The Heart of the Shade was published by Penhaligon in December 2009.

Publications (selection)

Non-fiction

• Arthur Machen's fantastic room. Space and mood as the basis of fantastic storytelling

Fantasy

• MAGYRIA - The heart of the shadow . Penhaligon, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7645-3044-0 .
• MAGYRIA 2 - The soul of the shadow . Penhaligon, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7645-3079-2 .
• The white seagull. Longing for Rinland 1 . Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-937896-58-8 .
• The giant's heir. Longing for Rinland 2 . Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-937896-67-0 .
• The throne of the giant emperor. Longing for Rinland 3 Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-937896-82-3 .
• The death eagle . BMV Verlag, 2001.

Novels

• Caro's smile . Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld, 2007, ISBN 978-3-937896-53-3 .
• Luisa's balcony . BMV Verlag, 2001.
• Heaven, hell, world. The story of Elsa's emancipation . BMV Verlag, 2001.

Children's books

• The Christmas caravan. An advent calendar for reading aloud and doing handicrafts. Kaufmann Verlag, 2008.
• The story of St. Nicholas . Gabriel Verlag, 2007.
• The Christmas house . A poster advent calendar to read out and cut out. Kaufmann Verlag, 2007.

Web links

• Literature by and about Lena Klassen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Lena classes in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Lena Klassen at Open Library
• Website from Lena Klassen
• Lena Klassen at Neufeld Verlag

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lena Klassen. In: NRW literature on the net. Westphalian Literature Office in Unna e. V., April 18, 2013, accessed on July 29, 2019 .