Malin Schwerdtfeger
Malin Schwerdtfeger (born December 27, 1972 in Bremen ) is a German writer .
biography
Schwerdtfeger studied Jewish and Islamic Studies in Berlin from 1992 . After making her first literary attempts as a teenager, she began to seriously write narrative prose in the mid-1990s, which was initially published in magazines and anthologies . In 2000 she took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt. Both her prose debut, the collection of short stories Leichte Mädchen , and her first novel, Café Saratoga , which tells the story of a Polish family of emigrants from the perspective of two adolescent girls, met with great acclaim from literary criticism and readership. Café Saratoga has also been translated into Polish. The author lives in Berlin.
Works (selection)
- Easy Girls , Short Stories (2000) ISBN 346203183X
- Café Saratoga , Roman (2001) ISBN 3462032429
- Delphi , Roman (2004) ISBN 3462034022
- The Pumpkin Queen , children's book (2008) ISBN 9783827053152
Awards (selection)
- 1998: 2nd prize in the literary competition of the magazine Allegra
- 1998: Prize in the short story competition of the Tagesspiegel
- 1999: Author's grant from the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
- 2000: Prize of the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt
Web links
- Literature by and about Malin Schwerdtfeger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Malin Schwerdtfeger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Malin Schwerdtfeger at the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
- Short biography and reviews of works by Malin Schwerdtfeger at perlentaucher.de
- Interview on her novel Delphi in the taz (2004)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Malin Schwerdtfeger: Kawiarnia Saratoga , 2005. ISBN 83-06-02942-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwerdtfeger, Malin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |