Nika Bertram
Nika Bertram (born May 24, 1970 in Aachen ) is a German writer .
Life
Nika Bertram studied English and Information Science in Cologne and has been working as a freelance author and journalist since 2007. Before that, she worked in the British Council and the English Seminar, as well as library manager, multimedia designer and IT lecturer. From 1989 to 1993 she was a member of the Cologne Authors' Workshop . She writes prose , radio plays and "digital literature". For her novel The Kahuna Mode , she developed her own computer game and a web mud .
Nika Bertram is a member of the Chaos Computer Club and the Association of German Writers . There she had been a board member in the Cologne district since 2004, but resigned from this position in December 2008. Together with Eva Weissweiler, she founded the non-profit association of authors, Action Independent Rhein-Ruhr Authors (AURA 09 e.V.) and was elected 3rd chairperson on May 11, 2009.
She has a daughter and lives with her partner in Cologne.
Awards
- Work grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2008
- Radio play grant from the Filmstiftung NRW 2008.
- Hörspielwerkstatt grant from the German Literature Fund / NDR, 2006
- "Lyrical__I", Berlin, 2005.
- Scholarship from the Arno Schmidt Foundation , summer seminar at the Nordkolleg Rendsburg . 2002.
- Final round nomination literatur.digital (for Kahuna Mode Fiction Game)
- Fantastic Prize of the City of Wetzlar / Artist Promotion Prize NRW (for the Kahuna mode). 2001.
- Rolf Dieter Brinkmann grant from the city of Cologne. 2000.
- Winner of the "1. scifi: poetry slam “in the Chaos Communication Camp, Berlin. 1999.
Works
- Novels
- The Kahuna mode . Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn, 2001. ISBN 3-8218-0697-4
- I say blue (12 colors) . Cologne: Rhine literally, 2012. ISBN 978-3943182040
- Short stories
- Not from here, in: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , April 12, 2008
- On the sound of the rice bowl, in: The Cologne pub book. Edited by Björn Kuhligk, BvT, Berlin 2007
- welperkörten, in: Goose bumps prostheses, anthology of the Lesebühne am Brusselser Platz , Cologne 2006
- Tokai Punch, in: Tierische Liebe, Eichborn, Berlin, 2005
- Making Up, in: Geliebte Lust, Rowohlt, 2002, and Wunderlich, 2004
- Ms. Venus is to be avoided in: even further in the text. Janus, 2004
- Autopoesis, in: Dichtungsring, H. 28/29 (“Foam”), 2001
- How gülsün was born, in: Kanaksta, Ullstein, 1999
- Meeting V. (English) in: Helio Phobe (American magazine), 1996
- All coke cans are crushed, in: continue in the text. Janus, 1991
- Web game
- Kahuna mode fiction game. 2001
- radio play
- Radio Wauland, WDR 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.vs-koeln.de/
- ↑ http://www.wdr3.de/resonanzen/details/artikel/wdr-3-resonanzen-a6d748a06f.html ( 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.
- ^ Tune in, turn on and hack yourself ( Memento from December 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Literature by and about Nika Bertram in the catalog of the German National Library
- Nikabertram.de
- including web game
- Review of the computer game
- interview
- Deutschlandfunk (DLF) nuances. Music and personal questions from March 4, 2018: The writer Nika Bertram in conversation with Michael Lange
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bertram, Nika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |