Petra Durst-Benning

Petra Durst-Benning (born February 11, 1965 in Baden-Württemberg ) is a German writer .

life and work

Petra Durst-Benning began an apprenticeship as a state-recognized business correspondent and translator after graduating from high school in agriculture. She later worked as an editor for a canine magazine and as a non-fiction author on natural healing methods in animals. In the 1990s she turned to fiction . After several publishers had initially rejected the manuscript , the first work to appear was the historical novel "Die Silberdistel", which is set in Wuerttemberg at the time of poor Konrad . Another 15 historical novels were published in the following years.

The published novel "The seed dealer" in 2005 was the 2011 ZDF filmed . The first volume of the glassblower trilogy, published in 2000 by Ullstein Verlag , was also made in 2016 with Die Glasbläserin, a literary film adaptation of the same name . A translation of the glassblower trilogy appeared in the USA from 2014 and reached a total circulation of almost one million copies.

In 2015, Petra Durst-Benning's first contemporary novel, “Herbs of the Province”, was published . To date, the author has sold more than 2.5 million books in Germany.

Awards

• 2019 Bronze Homer for The Photographer

bibliography

Glass blower trilogy

1. The glassblower , Ullstein Verlag , Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3-89834-054-0
2. The American woman , Ullstein Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-548-25691-7
3. The glass paradise , Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-550-08649-6

Seed dealer saga

1. The seed dealer , Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-550-08616-8
2. The flower oracle , Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-471-77355-0

Tsar's daughter saga

1. The Tsar's Daughter , List Verlag , Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-471-35027-0
2. The Russian Duchess , List Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-471-35028-7

Century wind trilogy

1. As long as the world is asleep , List Verlag Verlag Berlin 2012
2. The champagne queen , List Verlag Verlag Berlin 2013
3. Bella Clara , List Verlag Verlag, Berlin 2015

Maierhofen series

1. Herbs of the Province , Blanvalet Verlag , Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-7341-0011-6
2. The Christmas Village , Blanvalet Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-7645-0598-1
3. The flower collector , Blanvalet Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7341-0012-3
4. Late summer love , Blanvalet Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7341-0637-8

Note: The short novel The Christmas Village was referred to on the author's website as a "Christmas Special", which was followed by the regular novel Die Blütensammlerin as "Volume II".

The saga of women photographers

1. The photographer - At the beginning of the path , Blanvalet Verlag 2018, ISBN 978-3-7645-0662-9
2. The Photographer - The Time of Decision , Blanvalet Verlag 2019, ISBN 978-3-7645-0663-6
3. The Photographer - The World of Tomorrow , Blanvalet Verlag 2020, ISBN 978-3-7645-0664-3
4. The photographer - The Hour of Longing , Blanvalet Verlag, appears in September 2020
5. The Photographer - The End of Silence , will be released in 2021

Single novels

• Die Silberdistel , Econ-und-List-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 978-3-548-25122-6
• Die Zuckerbäckerin , Econ-und-List-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1999, ISBN 978-3-612-27310-9
• The love of the cartographer , Econ-und-List-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 978-3-612-27621-6
• The salt baroness , Ullstein Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-548-24908-7
• Antonias Wille , Ullstein Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-550-08421-8
• Mein Findelhund , Ullstein Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-548-37389-8
• Winterwind , Ullstein Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-471-35102-4 (six short stories including characters from the glassblower trilogy, the seed dealer saga and the tsar's daughter saga)

Audiobooks (selection)

• The seed dealer , read by Ulrike Grote , audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2005, ISBN 978-3-89903-769-2 .
• The glassblower , read by Ulrike Grote , audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89903-768-5 .
• The Russian Duchess , read by Ulrike Grote , Audiobook Hamburg , Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86909-099-3 .
• As long as the world is still asleep , read by Ulrike Grote , Audiobook Hamburg , Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-89903-356-4 .
• The champagne queen , read by Ulrike Grote , audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-89903-872-9 .
• Winter wind , read by Anne Weber , audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-89903-849-1 .
• Bella Clara , read by Ulrike Grote , audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-89903-924-5 .
• The photographer - At the beginning of the path , read by Svenja Pages , Audiobook Freiburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-95862-081-0 .
• The photographer - The time of decision , read by Svenja Pages , Audiobook Freiburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-95862-506-8 .

Film adaptations

• The seed dealer , ZDF / Bavaria , 2011
• The glassblower , Bavaria / Wilma / ZDF / Arte , 2016

Individual evidence

1. ^ Homepage of the author
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Andrea Hahn: Petra Durst-Benning, the author of the "Glassblower": Dreams are there to be shared. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . December 8, 2016, accessed February 29, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Petra's books. At Durst-Benning.de, accessed on November 7, 2019.
4. ↑ The glassblower. In: Arte . December 2016, archived from the original on December 20, 2016 ; accessed on December 10, 2016 . 

Web links

• Literature by and about Petra Durst-Benning in the catalog of the German National Library
• Petra Durst-Benning in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Homepage of Petra Durst-Benning