Lilian Loke
Lilian Loke (born 1985 in Munich ) is a German author who became known in the streets with her first novel Gold .
life and work
Lilian Loke, whose father comes from Malaysia , grew up multilingual with German, English and Cantonese . She studied English literature , modern German literature and art history at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . She then worked as an assistant at the university and at the same time worked for publishers and as a translator. Since 2012 she has been working as a consultant in a Munich PR agency. She has received several awards for her literary work: In 2011 she received a writing workshop scholarship from the Jürgen Ponto Foundation , in the same year she received the public day award of the Wortspiele Munich literature festival and the literary scholarship of the City of Munich. In 2015, her first novel, Gold in the Streets, was published about the steep rise and rapid fall of a luxury real estate agent . He was awarded the Tukan Prize and the Bavarian Art Prize. The jury of the Bavarian Art Prize recognizes her narrative style as "fast, precise and relentless", that of the Tukan Prize as "fast-paced and gripping". She is also a member of the PEN Center Germany .
Publications
- Gold in the streets . Hoffmann and Campe , Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-455-40522-4 .
- Oyster and blade . CH Beck Verlag , Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-406-70059-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Lilian Loke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Lilian Loke in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )
- Short biography and reviews of works by Lilian Loke at perlentaucher.de
- Lilian Loke. Lilian Loke, accessed November 27, 2015 .
- Lilian Loke reads from "Gold in the Streets". Die Zeit , February 26, 2015, accessed on November 27, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Capitalism is only one of the symptoms of being human", Interview with Petra Hallmayer, in: Münchner Feuilleton, No. 47, December 2015, p. 27.
- ↑ Lilian Loke. Literaturportal Bayern, accessed on November 27, 2015 .
- ↑ Munich Prize Quartet. Börsenblatt , accessed on November 27, 2015 .
- ↑ from the invitation to the award ceremony for the Tukan Prize
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loke, Lilian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |