Susan Kreller

Susan Kreller (* 1977 in Plauen ) is a German writer , journalist and literary scholar .

life and work

Susan Kreller studied German and English and did her doctorate on German translations of English children's poetry. She became known to a broader public in 2012 with the young people's book Elefanten ist ein nicht . The book was u. a. Positive reviews in the FAZ . It was on the shortlist for the German Youth Literature Prize 2013. The volume of poetry published by Kreller, The Best Day of All Time , was nominated for the 2014 German Youth Literature Prize.

Kreller's puberty novel Schneeriese also made it onto the shortlist for the German Literature Prize and won the prize on October 16, 2015 in the youth book category. In her novel electric fish from 2,019 allusions to the late DDR and in the turn of time to find the Kreller in the Vogtland City Plauen has experienced.

Susan Kreller has lived and worked in Bielefeld since 2008 .

Awards

• Prenzlauer Berg Literature Prize 2003
• Moers Literature Prize 2008
• Finalist of the open mike of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin 2010
• Kranichsteiner youth literature scholarship
• Hansjörg Martin Prize 2013
• Silver spring 2013
• Prize of the Society for the Promotion of Westphalian Cultural Work 2014 in the literature section
• German Youth Literature Award 2015 for Snow Giant
• Lynx of the month January 2020 for electric fish
• Catholic Children's and Young People's Book Prize 2020 for Electric Fish
• Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize 2020 for electric fish

Works

• English language children's poetry . German translations in the 20th century. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-631-56544-5 .
• You don't see elephants . Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-551-58246-1 .
• The best day ever . Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-551-58293-5 .
• Snow giant . Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-551-58318-5 .
• Schlinkepütz, the late monster . Ill. By Sabine Büchner . Carlsen, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-551-55679-0 .
• Pirasol . Berlin Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-8270-7925-1 .
• Electric fish . Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-551-58404-5 .

Web links

• Short biography and reviews of works by Susan Kreller at perlentaucher.de
• Literature by and about Susan Kreller in the catalog of the German National Library
• You don't see reviews of elephants on KinderundJugendmedien.de
• Interview with Susan Kreller on KinderundJugendmedien.de
• Presentation of the authors on buchhilfe.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Susan Kreller. Information about the person. In: carlsen.de. Carlsen Verlag , accessed March 27, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Susan Kreller. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2016/2017. Volume II: PZ. Walter De Gruyter , 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045397-3 , p. 547.
3. ↑ Shirin Sojitrawalla: The view of the partisans . “You don't see elephants” by Susan Kreller. August 24, 2012, ISSN  0174-4909 ( online [accessed March 27, 2013]).
4. ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/nominierungen_jugendbuch-11.html
5. ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/2014/kinderbuch-2/artikel-der_beste_tag_aller_zeite-3901.html
6. ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/jugendbuch-3/artikel-schneeriese-4004.html
7. ^ Susan Kreller: GDR history: On the Mifa bike to the Baltic Sea beach . In: The time . October 2, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed October 17, 2019]).
8. ↑ Heike Krüger: Observer of broken biographies. In: New Westphalian. June 15, 2020 .  
9. ↑ 18. Open Mike: The finalists have been determined. In: poetenladen.de. Andreas Heidtmann, October 28, 2010, accessed March 27, 2013 . 
10. ↑ Kranichsteiner youth literature scholarships awarded. In: kulturportal-hessen.de. State working group of cultural initiatives and socio-cultural centers in Hessen eV, March 18, 2013, accessed on March 27, 2013 . 
11. ↑ GWK website , accessed on December 10, 2014.
12. ↑ http://www.djlp.jugendliteratur.org/jugendbuch-3/artikel-schneeriese-4004.html
13. ↑ Luchs 396: Electric fish on radiobremen.de, January 3, 2020, accessed on January 6, 2020.
14. ^ Catholic Youth Book Prize for Susan Kreller , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on March 11, 2020.
15. ↑ Susan Kreller receives the Youth Literature Prize , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on June 2, 2020.