Nellja Veremej

Nellja Veremej 2013

Nellja Veremej (* 1963 in the Soviet Union ) is a Russian-German writer . She lives in Berlin .

Life

Nellja Veremej grew up in various places in the Soviet Union and finished school in the Caucasus. After studying Russian Philology at Leningrad University, she moved to Berlin in 1994. In the meantime she lived in Novi Sad , where she graduated from the journalism school there. Nellja Veremej worked as a Russian teacher, translator and journalist (especially for the weekly newspaper der Freitag ). She is now working full-time as a freelance writer.

In 2010 she won the Newcomer Prize as well as the audience prize at the Wartholz literature competition . In 2013 her first novel "Berlin lies in the east" was published by Jung und Jung . This was included in the longlist German Book Prize 2013 in August 2013 . In March 2014 she was awarded the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize 2014 and the 2014 Friedrich Hölderlin Prize of the City of Homburg. She was appointed Magdeburg City Clerk for the period from March to September 2018 .

Works

• Berlin is in the east . Novel. Jung and Jung, Salzburg / Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-99027-031-8 .
• After the storm . Novel. Jung und Jung, Salzburg / Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-99027-081-3 .

Web links

• Short biography and reviews of works by Nellja Veremej at perlentaucher.de
• The houses are my rocks. In: tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved December 16, 2014 . 
• Sabine Berking: If the East still sticks to your palate. In: FAZ.net . June 7, 2013, accessed December 16, 2014 . 
• www.neues-deutschland.de
• Wild grass. In: http://constructionlitmag.com/ . Retrieved March 3, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nellja Veremej: Berlin lies in the east, Salzburg 2013, blurb
2. ↑ Karajoli, Spassov (ed.): Media and intercultural communication, Sofia 2005, p. 382
3. ^ Nellja Veremej: Berlin lies in the east, Salzburg 2013, blurb
4. ↑ www.bosch-stiftung.de
5. ^ State capital Magdeburg: Citizens + City - State capital Magdeburg. Retrieved November 26, 2017 (German).