Petra van Laak
Petra van Laak (born July 15, 1966 in Münster ) is a German author , speaker and entrepreneur .
Life
Petra van Laak spent part of her childhood in Nigeria , where her parents worked as development workers. She studied art history in Münster and Berlin and, after completing her master's degree in 1990, worked in various positions in the publishing and film industries. In 2008 she founded the Text: van Laak agency in Potsdam. At the end of 2014, a branch was also set up in Berlin. Petra van Laak is a member of the “Women Entrepreneurship” initiative, which informs women about how to become self-employed and was launched in 2014 by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). She is married for the second time and lives in Berlin. In 2012 she was a guest of Sandra Maischberger and Frank Elstner .
Publications
- 2012: 1 woman, 4 children, 0 euros (almost) - how I managed it anyway . Droemer, Munich, ISBN 978-3-426-22619-3 .
- 2013: On your own two feet - A mother of four starts her own business . Droemer, Munich, ISBN 978-3-426-22635-3 .
- 2014: The Third Life - La troisième vie . BookRix, Munich, ISBN 978-3-7368-2193-4 .
- 2014: New York Notes . BookRix, Munich, ISBN 978-3-7368-5254-9 .
- 2017: Clever writing for the web. How to make your company shine - on the homepage, blog, Facebook and Co. Duden, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-411-75697-1 .
- 2018: Ingenious texts for the hotel and catering industry. Matthaes, Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-87515-316-3 .
Awards
- 2010: Swiss Text Award, 1st prize
- 2013: Swiss Text Award, 1st prize
- 2014: Solo entrepreneur in the state of Brandenburg.
- 2014: Literature competition of the Waldorf Astoria Berlin, under the motto "Observations in the Romanisches Café", 1st prize for The Third Life .
Web links
- Literature by and about Petra van Laak in the catalog of the German National Library
- Petra van Laak in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- own website
- Interview , on www.mompreneurs.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ See web link www.mompreneurs.de
- ↑ FRAUENunternehmen , Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, accessed on October 25, 2015
- ↑ Sebastian Pfeffer: When Rolls-Royce drivers land under the bridge , welt.de, February 15, 2012
- ^ Frank Elstner: People of the Week , programm.ard.de, March 24, 2012
- ^ Swiss Text Award 2010 , kleinreport.ch
- ^ Swiss Text Award 2013 ( memento from June 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), juniorcom.ch
- ↑ Laudation , ugt-brandenburg.de
- ↑ Cay Dobberke: The Waldorf-Astoria Makes Stories , tagesspiegel.de, March 23, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laak, Petra van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author, speaker and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |