Stefanie de Velasco
Stefanie de Velasco (born April 3, 1978 in Oberhausen ) is a German writer .
Life
Stefanie de Velasco grew up as the child of a German father and a Spanish mother in Sankt Augustin . Her mother, who was a single parent and a believing Jehovah's Witness , led her to membership in the religious community from an early age. She studied European ethnology and political science in Bonn, Berlin and Warsaw. She writes regularly for the Berlin city magazine Zitty .
Her debut novel, Tiger milk (2013) tells the story of two 14 year old girls who go out to be deflowered. What begins as summer vacation fun ends in tragedy when the two witnesses an honor killing . The novel has received various critical acclaim.
Tiger milk was dramatized and translated into several languages for the State Theater Hanover , the Theater an der Parkaue Berlin and the Comedia Theater Cologne. In 2014 Tiger Milk was on the list of nominees for the German Youth Literature Prize . In 2015, the English translation of the novel Tiger Milk appeared on the 15-author long list for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize of the British daily The Independent . The novel was in the summer of 2016, directed by Ute Wieland filmed and was released on August 17, 2017th
In her novel No Part of the World , published in 2019, she processes her time with the Jehovah's Witnesses , which she perceived as being characterized by constant fear and alarm. She left the organization at the age of 15. Like her debut, Kein Teil der Welt 2020 was nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize.
Publications
- Tiger milk (novel), Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-462-04573-4
- No part of the world (novel), Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-462-05043-1
Awards and grants
- 2011 Prenzlauer Berg Literature Prize for the beginning of her debut novel
- 2012 scholarship from the writing workshop of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation
- 2013 writing grant from the artist village Schöppingen
- 2013 scholarship from the script workshop in Munich
- 2013 Translab scholarship from the Single House New York
- 2014 Kranichsteiner Youth Literature Scholarship
- 2014 residency at the Schleswig-Holstein artists' house in Eckernförde
- 2014 working grant for writers from the Berlin Senate's cultural administration
- 2015 working grant from the German Literature Fund
- 2016 residency grant Villa Aurora Los Angeles
- 2019 scholarship from the Max Kade Foundation as part of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief portrait on Perlentaucher.de
- ↑ Verena Auffermann: Kids von heute , Radio-Feuilleton, Deutschlandradio Kultur September 4, 2013
- ↑ Review note on Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 17, 2013, in: Perlentaucher.de
- ↑ Fatma Aydemir: Stefanie de Velascos “Tiger Milk”. God and his rotten world, taz.de Kultur , August 19, 2013
- ↑ Maren Keller: Stefanie de Velasco's debut about a girl friendship. Culture mirror 9/2013
- ↑ Knausgaard and Murakami on longlist for 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize , Irish Times, March 12, 2015
- ↑ Grew up with the Jehovah's Witnesses: My life in the end of the world. In: Spiegel Plus . October 4, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Working grants for writers awarded in 2014. Berlin.de, April 16, 2014, accessed April 26, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Velasco, Stefanie de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberhausen |