Monika Zeiner

Monika Zeiner (2013)

Monika Zeiner (born May 10, 1971 in Würzburg ) is a German author and singer.

Career

Zeiner graduated from the Matthias Grünewald High School in Tauberbischofsheim . She studied Romance studies and theater studies in Berlin and Naples and graduated in 2004 from the Free University of Berlin with a doctorate on the importance of melancholy for the discourse change in the Scuola Siciliana and in the Dolce Stil Nuovo . Several radio plays come from Zeiner . In 2013 she presented her debut novel The Order of the Stars on Como . Under the stage name Mona Stinelli , she is the singer and lyricist for the Italo swing band Marinafon . Zeiner lives with two children and her partner in Berlin .

Awards

In 2007 Zeiner received a scholarship from the Jürgen Ponto Foundation's writing workshop . She received the audience award at lit.Cologne 2013 for an excerpt from her novel The Order of the Stars on Como . Her debut was also nominated for the German Book Prize 2013 (shortlist) and the Aspect Literature Prize. In 2014 she received a scholarship from the German Literature Fund, and in 2015 she received a working grant for writers from the Berlin Senate's cultural administration. In 2016 she was awarded the Comburg scholarship from the city of Schwäbisch Hall.

Works

• The gaze of lovers and the eye of the spirit: The importance of melancholy for the discourse change in the Scuola Siciliana and in the Dolce style Nouvo , Winter, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-8253-5209-7 .
• The order of the stars over Como (novel), Blumenbar, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-351-05000-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Monika Zeiner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author portrait at Aufbau-Verlag
• Short biography and reviews of works by Monika Zeiner at perlentaucher.de
• Short biography and information on the work of Monika Zeiner at Literaturport
• Samples of some of their radio plays at Berlinaudio
• Interview on doctoral thesis and novel: Kai Nonnenmacher: “'Modernism, it begins in the Middle Ages': Conversation with the Romanist and author Monika Zeiner”. In: Romanische Studien , Nr. 1 (2015), pp. 237–252, online: http://www.romanischestudien.de/index.php/rst/article/view/6/19
• Interview at the Matthias-Grünewald-Gymnasium in Tauberbischofsheim about Zeiner's school days and career: Tobias Endres: Interview with Monika Zeiner .
• Monika Zeiner in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Matthias-Grünewald-Gymnasium Tauberbischofsheim: Reading with Monika Zeiner . Online at www.mgg-tbb.de. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
2. ↑ HörDat
3. ↑ Marinafon homepage
4. ↑ HAM.LIT  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
6. ↑ German Book Prize ( Memento of the original from September 16, 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. 
7. ↑ Kai Nonnenmacher: Laudatory speech for Monika Zeiner on the award of the Comburg scholarship 2016. October 19, 2016, accessed on October 20, 2016 .