Petra Hartmann

Petra Hartmann (* 1970 in Hildesheim ) is a German writer from the genre of fantastic literature .

Life

Hartmann grew up in Sillium near Holle and attended the Andreanum grammar school in Hildesheim . She then studied German , philosophy and political science at the University of Hanover and did her doctorate with a thesis on the young German writer Theodor Mundt .

During her studies she started working as a journalist. She wrote for the Leine-Zeitung (Neustadt am Rübenberge), the Nordsee-Zeitung (Bremerhaven) and the Neue Presse (Hanover) . This was followed by an internship at the Neue Deister-Zeitung in Springe . She then worked for this newspaper for five years as a local editor. She was also employed by the Volksstimme in Gardelegen . She currently works as a local editor for the Goslarsche Zeitung .

Petra Hartmann mainly writes fairy tales and fantasy . During her studies she published stories and poems in the student magazine Versschwoerer , followed by contributions to fanzines for the Legendensänger Edition by Christel Scheja and the Tales of Blood and Love by Charlotte Engmann .

She achieved her first successes in the competition of the Story Olympiad , in which she took third place in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Her three contributions took place in the fantasy world Movenna and were so popular with the Story Olympiad founder and publisher Ernst Wurdack that he ordered a first book from this world from the author. The volume Tales from Movenna was published in 2004 , followed by a second part in 2007 A Prince for Movenna , followed by the novel The Rock of the Black Gods in 2010 . Other Movenna stories have appeared in anthologies, magazines and fanzines.

She was also the editor of two volumes of fairy tales for Wurdack-Verlag , and she also edited anthologies for Blitz-Verlag, UlrichBurger-Verlag and Verlag Monika Fuchs. In 2008 she was awarded the German Fantasy Prize for her anthology Drachenstarker Feenzauber . For the "Dragons! Dragons!" she was nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize .

As a literary scholar, Petra Hartmann is primarily concerned with Young Germany . A special focus of her work is on the young German authors Theodor Mundt , Gustav Kühne and Charlotte Stieglitz . She has also published articles on Uwe Johnson , the Faust and Don Juan material , Berthold von Holle , motifs from fantasy and journalistic writing.

Awards

• 1999: Third place in the Story Olympiad for King Surbold's grave
• 2000: Third place in the Story Olympiad for Eirikir's Crown
• 2001: Third place in the Story Olympiad for Flarics Witches
• 2008: German Fantastic Prize for Fairy Magic as Strong as a Dragon
• 2010: Book of the month November on the Fantastic Couch for The Rock of the Black Gods

Publications

Books

• Faust and Don Juan. A merging process, illustrated by the authors Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Nikolaus Lenau, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Gustav Kühne and Theodor Mundt. ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-932602-29-3 .
• Drunk with the future and not full of the present. Theodor Mundt's literary development from the book of movement to the historical novel. Dissertation. Aisthesis Verlag , Bielefeld 2003, ISBN 3-89528-390-8 .
• Stories from Movenna. Wurdack-Verlag, Nittendorf 2004, ISBN 3-938065-00-1 .
• A prince for Movenna. Wurdack-Verlag, Nittendorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-938065-24-2 .
• Between barricade, Burgtheater and civil servants' pension. The young German authors after 1835. ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-89821-958-7 .
• Darthula, daughter of the mists. Arcanum Fantasy Verlag, Dortmund 2010, ISBN 978-3-939139-32-4 . New edition (with Hartmann's translation of the "Ossian" minor poem Darthula by James Macpherson ): Verlag Saphir im Stahl, Bickenbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-943948-25-7 .
• The rock of the black gods. Wurdack-Verlag, Nittendorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-938065-64-8 .
• The last falcon. Arcanum Fantasy Verlag, Dortmund 2010, ISBN 978-3-939139-62-1 .
• The headline. PersonalNovel, Munich 2011.
• Doctor Nikola serum. Wurdack-Verlag, Nittendorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-938065-92-1 .
• Nestis and the missing barnacle. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-940078-64-3 .
• Nestis and the port pirates. Publishing house Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-940078-84-1 .
• Hats off, Hödeken! Legends from the Hildesheim region. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2015, ISBN 978-3-940078-37-7 .
• Freedom swing. PersonalNovel, Munich 2015.
• Timur. Saphir im Stahl, Bickenbach 2015, ISBN 978-3-943948-54-7 .
• From the firebird. TES, Erfurt 2015.
• Berthold von Holle : Crane. A knight epic, retold . Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-940078-48-3 .
• Berthold von Holle: Demantin. A knight epic, retold . Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-940078-34-6 .
• Nestis and the Forbidden Wave . Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim, 2017. ISBN 978-3-947066-00-1
• Nestis and the Christmas sand . Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim, 2017. ISBN 978-3-947066-12-4
• Hawk blood . Hottenstein Verlag, Sibbesse, 2020. ISBN 978-3935928991

E-books

• Hawk spring. Arcanum Fantasy Verlag, Dortmund 2011, ISBN 978-3-939139-59-1 .
• The headline. PersonalNovel Verlag, Munich 2012.
• Hawk blood. satzweiss.com - chichili agency, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8450-0753-3 .
• Nestis and the Christmas sand. A Heligoland fairy tale. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-940078-71-1 .
• On my horse's front hoof. New stories from Movenna. Wurdack-Verlag, Nittendorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-95556-081-2 .
• Press work for authors. This is how your book gets into the local newspaper. Neobooks , 2014, ISBN 978-3-8476-8465-7 .
• Ulf. A novel experiment in twelve chapters. Neobooks 2015, ISBN 978-3-7380-2224-7 .

Audio books

• Christmas in the snow country. Action Verlag , Essen 2010, ISBN 978-3-86210-733-9 .
• The rock of the black gods. Action Verlag, Essen 2012, ISBN 978-3-86210-512-0 .
• Hats off, Hödeken! Legends from the Hildesheim region . Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-940078-41-4 .
• Dragons! Dragons! Nasty essences from 23 genres . Blitz-Verlag, 2020. ISBN 9783991093435 .

Published works

• Strong fairy magic. Fairy tale. Wurdack-Verlag, Nittendorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-938065-28-0 .
• with Judith Ott: What does the moon dream of? Fairy tale. Wurdack-Verlag, Nittendorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-938065-37-2 .
• with Frank G. Gerigk : Dragons! Dragons! Nasty essences from twenty-three genres. Blitz Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-89840-339-9 .
• with Andrea Tillmanns : With blade and pen. Ulrich Burger Verlag, Homburg / Saar 2013, ISBN 978-3-943378-07-8 .
• with Monika Fuchs: Author's Dreams. A reader. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-940078-53-7 .
• with Monika Fuchs: ice cream and roast goose. Hildesheim Christmas stories. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-940078-57-5 .

Essays

• Wordlessness and speechlessness. About the communication behavior of the fictional characters Uwe Johnson. In: Welfengarten. Yearbook for Essayism II. Revonnah, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-927715-32-8 , pp. 100-114.
• Press secretary of Alexander the Great. In: Z. Journal for cultural and human sciences. No. 6. Volume 2, summer 1994, Fosse , Hannover ISSN  0945-0580 , pp. 86-88.
• Writing history for the present: Theodor Mundt and Ludolf Wienbarg. In: FVF - Forum Vormärz Research, 1997 yearbook: "1848 and the German Vormärz." Aisthesis, Bielefeld 1998, ISBN 3-89528-195-6 , pp. 43-54.
• A question of motivation. In: Federwelt . Journal for authors. Issue 24, October / November 2000, ISSN  1439-8362 , pp. 7-9.
• The 'dramatic' end of young Germany. In: FVF - Forum Vormärz research. 2001 yearbook: Theater conditions in the Vormärz. Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2002, ISBN 3-89528-350-9 , pp. 243-268.
• How can you be called Varelian? About the discomfort with naming in fantasy. In: Elfenschrift. 5th year, March 2008, ISSN  1613-3293 , p. 16f.
• Fairy hard work and dragon sweat: The creation of a fairy tale book. In: The Tempest. Issue 10-5, May 20, 2008.
• The oldest dreams. In: Elfenschrift. 5th year, June 2008, pp. 6–8.
• Shadow soul - soul shadow. In: Elfenschrift. 5th year, September 2008, pp. 10-12.
• This is how your book gets into the newspaper. In: The Tempest. Issue 10-10, October 20, 2008.
• Of alves, elves and elves. In: Elfenschrift. 21, March 2009, pp. 10-12.
• Journalistic writing for beginners. Typical beginner mistakes and how to avoid them. In: The Tempest. Part I: Issue 11-03, March 2009. Part II: Issue 11-04, April 2009.
• Scheherazade, Sandmann & Co. Or: Who is actually talking here? In: Elfenschrift. June 22, 2009, pp. 6-8.
• Between thunderstorm and poet's laurel. Ten years of story Olympics. In: fantastic! news from other worlds. No. 35, July 2009. ISSN  1616-8437 pp. 24f.
• Emperor, king, chancellor - or no ruler at all? About forms of government in fantastic empires. In: Elfenschrift. 23, September 2009, pp. 22-24.
• Information in ten lines: The art of short messages. In: TextArt magazine. September 2009, ISSN  1616-0436 , p. 18f.
• Love play spoiler. In: Elfenschrift. 24, December 2009, pp. 6-8.
• Mephistopheles - a tragic devil. In: Elfenschrift. 25, March 2010, pp. 7-9.
• Founding a publishing house? "Let it go!" An interview with Simone Edelberg. In: Elfenschrift. June 26, 2010, pp. 8-10.
• Little zombie customer. In: Elfenschrift. 27, September 2010, pp. 14-16.
• Between thunderstorm and poet's laurel. Ten years of story Olympics. Preface to: Vengeance! Anthology for the Story Olympiad 2010. Wurdack, Nittendorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-938065-71-6 , pp. 6-11.
• Why moon people don't need a toilet. In: Elfenschrift. December 28, 2010, pp. 8-10.
• I'm sick of it. An annoyed interjection. In: Fandom Observer. 259 (PDF; 1.3 MB), January 2011, p. 23.
• The dream of the tenth planet. A short history of the counter-earth in philosophy, film and fantasy. Epilogue to: Mark Brandis : Der Spiegelplanet. Wurdack, Nittendorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-938065-65-5 , pp. 163-190.
• Under the oak of Dodona. In: Elfenschrift. 31, September 2011, pp. 10-12.
• Aegir's fleet - an obituary. In: Fandom Observer. December 2011, pp. 16-18.
• No joke: the fox brings the eggs. In: Elfenschrift. 33, March 2012, pp. 15-17.
• Hippalectryon - a mythical creature without a fable. In: Elfenschrift. 34, June 2012, pp. 14-17.
• Between washtub and wishful spots. In: Elfenschrift. 35, September 2012, pp. 12-14.
• Witching hour on Heligoland. In: Elfenschrift. December 36, 2012, pp. 16-18.
• A backpack full of ghosts. In: Elfenschrift. March 37, 2013, pp. 19-21.
• Two sons of God and a laugh. A careless Christmas sermon. In: Elfenschrift. 40, December 2013, pp. 5-7.
• Interview with Ulrike Reineke. In: Elfenschrift. 41, March 2014, pp. 5-7.
• Elf writing - goodbye after ten years. In: Fandomobserver. 300, June 2014, pp. 14-15.
• This is how your book gets into the local newspaper. In: Federwelt . April 2015. ISSN  1439-8362 , pp. 46-48.

Short stories and fairy tales

• Eirikir's crown. In: Stefanie Pappon, Ernst Wurdack (Hrsg.): Traumpfade (anthology for the story Olympics 2000). Dresden 2001, pp. 18-25.
• Flarics witches. In: Stefanie Pappon, Ernst Wurdack (ed.): Creatures of Darkness (anthology for the story Olympiad 2001). Dresden 2002, pp. 22-28.
• Angel bear and fidget dwarf. In: Ernst Wurdack (Ed.): Märchenzauber. 50 selected fairy tales to read aloud and read yourself. (= Story Olympiad Special. Volume 6). Dresden 2003, pp. 22-27.
• The fairy tale of the enchanted street lamp. In: Ernst Wurdack (ed.): Good night stories. Fairy tales and stories for the reading and first reading age. (= Story Olympiad Special. Volume 9). 2003, pp. 103-107.
• The most precious treasure in the world. In: Ernst Wurdack (ed.): Magical fairy tale world. Wurdack-Verlag, Nittendorf 2004, pp. 70-74.
• The fairy tale of indifference. In: Ursula Schmid-Spreer (Hrsg.): Mystische Märchen. Web-Site-Verlag, Berlin 2005, pp. 91–95.
• The princess from the chewing gum machine. In: Ernst Wurdack (ed.): Even more bedtime stories. Wurdack-Verlag, Nittendorf 2005, pp. 60-63.
• A ship for Hinnerk Himmelblau. In: Always those goblins! 41 fairy tales and stories for the reading and first reading age. Illustrated by Matthias Herkle. Wurdack-Verlag, Nittendorf 2006, pp. 10-12.
• The vengeance of the brownies. In: Susanne Schnitzler (ed.): The divided kingdom. Lerato-Verlag, 2006, pp. 180-184.
• Thunder storm night. In: Felix Woitkowski (Ed.): Under the spell of the night forest. Lerato-Verlag, 2007, pp. 57-60.
• Between limbo and nirvana. In: Jennifer Schreiner (Ed.): Satan GmbH & Co. KG. Lerato-Verlag, 2007, pp. 27-32.
• Christmas sand for Heligoland. In: Bartholomäus Figatowski (Ed.): When the Biiken burn. Fantastic stories from Schleswig-Holstein. Verlag 71, Plön 2009, pp. 163-174.
• Gingerbread. In: Martin Witzgall (Ed.): We are serious! WortKuss Verlag, Munich 2010, pp. 77–79.
• The ship with the silver sails. In: Elfenschrift. 32, December 2011, pp. 24-25.
• Hawk spring. In: Best of electronic publishing. eBook anthology for the 1st German eBook Prize 2011. Chichili and Satzweiss.com, 2011.
• Hero song. In: Frank G. Gerigk, Petra Hartmann (Ed.): Dragons! Dragons! Nasty essences from twenty-three genres. Blitz-Verlag, 2012, pp. 333-340.
• A word in advance. In: Petra Hartmann, Andrea Tillmanns (Hrsg.): With blade and feather. UlrichBurger-Verlag, Homburg (Saar) 2013, pp. 6-7.
• The fairy tale of the enchanted street lamp. Ibid, pp. 45-50.
• Winter solstice. Ibid, pp. 51-59.
• The rider on the black horse. Ibid, pp. 60-68.
• The last dawn. Final chapter of the fictional pirate novel "Under a bloody flag". In: Felix Woitkowski (Ed.): The End. Eleven final chapters of unwritten novels. p.machinery, Murnau am Staffelsee 2013, pp. 174–163.
• The little blue bike. In: Petra Hartmann, Monika Fuchs (eds.): Blitzeis and roast goose. Hildesheim Christmas stories. Verlag Monika Fuchs, Hildesheim 2014, pp. 56–65.

Poetry

• To a building. In: Christoph Buchwald , Norbert Hummelt (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2006. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005, p. 49.
• All the long night. In: Mystische Schriften 4: Ballads and bailiff singers. Fantasy lyric. Arcanum-Verlag, Dortmund 2009, p. 72.
• Pegasus. In: Elfenschrift. 29, March 2011, p. 18f.
• The elf train. In: Elfenschrift. June 30, 2011, pp. 18-19.
• Royal children. In: Wind catchers and other encounters. Sperling-Verlag, Nuremberg 2012, p. 93.
• The Elven Messenger. In: Elfenschrift. 41, March 2014, p. 17.

Web links

• Literature by and about Petra Hartmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Petra Hartmann in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Homepage of the author
• Author's blog
• Interview on warp-online (archive version)
• Interview on www.orbanism.com
• Interview on the blue side