Sieglinde Geisel
Sieglinde Geisel (* 1965 in Rüti ) is a Swiss literary critic , author and editor .
Life
Geisel studied German and theology at the University of Zurich . She moved to Berlin in 1988 . After the fall of the Berlin Wall , she began to be interested in Eastern Germany and Eastern Europe. She lived temporarily in Lublin . In 1994 she became the cultural correspondent for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NNZ) in New York. She has lived in Berlin since 1999 and writes as a journalist and author on cultural and social topics. As editor of the Ukrainian-German author Katja Petrowskaja she was involved in the creation of her novel Perhaps Esther . Until 2016 she was a permanent member of the NZZ's feature pages. In 2016 she founded the online literary magazine tell . There she publishes book reviews according to the Page 99 test method.
Works
- 2008: Wanderer and globetrotter: how traveling changes us , Berlin, Galiani.
- 2010: Only in space is it really quiet: from the noise and the longing for silence , Berlin, Galiani.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Sieglinde Geisel: journalist, book author, writing trainer. Retrieved December 2, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hostage, Sieglinde |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss author and literary critic, publisher's editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rüti |