Sophie Sumburane

Sophie Sumburane , pseudonym Lene Hoffmann , (* 1987 as Sophie Hoffmann in Potsdam ) is a German writer, editor and publisher . She is also active in the party Die Linke .

Life

Youth and education

Sophie Hoffmann was an active rower and passed the Abitur at the sports school Potsdam "Friedrich Ludwig Jahn" . In 2004 she began to publish articles for the first time as a youth editor for the Brandenburg local newspaper Märkische Allgemeine . She also founded the school newspaper Pausen Jahn. In 2006 she traveled to Mozambique as part of a school exchange .

From 2007 to 2013 she studied German and African Studies at the University of Leipzig and worked as a student assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology , first in the Department of Comparative and Developmental Psychology , then in the Department of Linguistics . As part of her studies, she also completed a year with Jan Kuhlbrodt and Kerstin Preiwuss at the German Literature Institute Leipzig (DLL). She completed her studies with a master's thesis on forensic linguistics .

Authorship

In October 2012 she made her debut at fhl Verlag in Leipzig with the first crime novel Disturbed Relationships. This was followed by the publication of short crime stories in various anthologies and, in March 2014, her second crime novel Dangerous Spring by Pendragon Verlag in Bielefeld . In October 2014 the book City Talks from Leipzig was published by Gmeiner-Verlag in Meßkirch , which Sumburane published together with the Leipzig writer Volly Tanner under the pseudonym "Lene Hoffmann". Her politically oriented crime novels are set in Africa and Leipzig.

In addition to her writing activities, Sumburane also writes reports, reviews and reports for the online feature section CULTurMag and has an author profile in the Leipzig poetenladen . In 2019 she was elected to the PEN Center Germany .

Political activity

On August 30, 2018, Sumburane had a short one-on-one interview on the Maybrit Illner political talk show on the subject of "Hunting in Chemnitz". In contrast to the previous way of dealing with party memberships of guests, their membership of the DIE LINKE party was not communicated to the viewer during the broadcast, but only mentioned in their short biography in the ZDF media library. In the speech, Sumburane made clear the dangers of right-wing ideas and chose clear words against the AfD and its normalization.

Sophie Sumburane counts with Zoë Beck , Klaus Farin , Nina George , Michael Wildenhain , Leonhard Florian Seidl u. a. to the first signatories of the "Reply 2018", which in response to the u. a. Uwe Tellkamp and Vera Lengsfeld initiated declaration 2018 was published on March 29, 2018. In our answer for democracy and human rights , short answer 2018 , it says: “We show solidarity with all people who seek refuge from war, persecution and poverty in our country”.

Private

Sumburane lives with her family in Potsdam.

Publications

Detective novels

• Troubled relationships. Janine Anders is investigating. fhl Verlag, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-942829-36-6 .
• Dangerous spring. Pendragon, Bielefeld 2014, ISBN 978-3-86532-386-6 .

As Lene Hoffmann / non-fiction book

• with Volly Tanner : City Talks from Leipzig. Gmeiner-Verlag, Meßkirch 2014. ISBN 978-3-8392-1634-7 .

Short stories

• An honorable house . and from the red sand into the light . In: Hartwig Hochstein (Ed.): Stammtischmorde I - 9 Leipziger unpack . fhl Verlag, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-942829-42-7 .
• Death in the laboratory . In: Hartwig Hochstein (Ed.): Stammtischmorde II - 12 Leipzigers unpack . fhl Verlag, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-942829-34-2 .
• Franz . In: Claudia Puhlfürst , Annet Hartmann (Hrsg.): Mords-Ferien. The Saxon does not stop traveling . Buchvolk-Verlag, Zwickau 2013, ISBN 978-3-9815604-8-0 .
• Cold hand . In: Andreas M. Sturm (Hrsg.): Poison murders - 15 deadly instructions. fhl Verlag, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-942829-08-3 .
• Wedding . In: Sophie Sumburane (Ed.): If death could laugh. fhl Verlag, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-942829-53-3 .

As editor

• If death could laugh. Anthology. fhl Verlag, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-942829-53-3 .

As a co-author

• Our answer. The AfD and us . Writers and right-wing populism. Klaus Farin (Ed.), Hirnkost, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-947380-13-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Sophie Sumburane in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sophie Sumburane's website
• Sophie Sumburane's profile in the poet shop
• Interview at Herzkampf
• Biography at fhl Verlag
• Profile on the website of Pendragon Verlag

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sophie Sumburane. Retrieved October 11, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Sophie Sumburane. Retrieved October 14, 2018 (German). 
3. ^ Hunting in Chemnitz - practical test for the rule of law. Retrieved October 14, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Klaus Farin, Zoë Beck, Nina George, Leonhard F. Seidl, Michael Wildenhain and others: Answer 2018. In: https : // Answer2018.hirnkost.de/ . Klaus Farin, accessed April 22, 2018 .