Mariana Leky
Mariana Leky (born February 12, 1973 in Cologne ) is a German author . Her novel “What you can see from here” became a Spiegel bestseller in 2017/18.
Life
In addition to an apprenticeship in bookselling, Leky studied German and empirical cultural studies in Tübingen from 1993 . From 1994 to 1996 she attended the university “Studio Literature and Theater”. From 1999 she studied creative writing and cultural journalism at the University of Hildesheim . While still a student, she won prizes for short stories at the Allegra competition and the Lower Saxony literary competition for young literature. Her debut volume love pearls with stories was published in 2001. In 2004 her first novel Erste Hilfe was published . Her novel What can be seen from here , published in 2017, was on the Spiegel bestseller list for 65 weeks and was named the “Favorite Book of Independent Booksellers”.
Mariana Leky lives in Berlin .
Publications
- Fun fair , narrative, in: Literature Journal for Baden and Württemberg , February 1999
- No more , narration, in: Die Horen , Volume 4/1999
- Liebesperlen , narration, in: Allegra, November 2000
- Now we always do it that way , story: in: BELLA triste , No. 0, autumn 2001
- Life insurance , narration, in: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , 8./9. September 2001
- With pleasure , narration, in: Petra , September 2001
- Liebesperlen , Erzählungen, DuMont, 2001, most recently 2010, ISBN 978-3-8321-6117-0
- Sylvester's dramas , extract from a novel, in: BELLA triste, No. 7, autumn 2003
- First Aid , Roman, DuMont, 2004, most recently 2018, ISBN 978-3-8321-6458-4
- Vertigo , radio play, WDR , 2005 (first broadcast August 2, 2005)
- The men's outfitter , DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 2010 ISBN 978-3-8321-9577-9
- What you can see from here , Roman, DuMont, 2017 ISBN 978-3-8321-9839-8
Awards
- 1999: Honorary award for the story More not in the context of the Lower Saxony literary competition Young Literature
- 2000: 3rd prize in the literary competition of the magazine Allegra for the story love pearls
- 2002/2003: Scholarship from the international artist house Villa Concordia in Bamberg
- 2005: Sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists
- 2017: Independent's Favorite Book for What To See From Here
- 2018: Bad Schwartau Literature Prize Via Communis for What can be seen from here
- 2018: Awarded the Comburg scholarship for What can be seen from here
Web links
- Literature by and about Mariana Leky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mariana Leky at perlentaucher.de
- Reviews
- Review of "Liebesperlen" at jungle world
- Review of “First Aid” on Deutschlandradio
- Review of "Die Herrenausstatterin" on Globe-M
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monika Everling: Mariana Leky: Grateful for "being alone". In: Südwest Presse. October 30, 2018, accessed March 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Spiegel bestseller - hardcover. In: mirror-online. 2018, accessed February 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Booksellers choose “What can be seen from here”. In: boersenblatt.net. October 17, 2017, accessed February 8, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leky, Mariana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |