Susann Klossek
Susann Klossek (born December 14, 1966 in Leipzig ) is a German writer , journalist , painter and blogger .
Following her studies in German and Slavic studies in Leipzig, she completed an apprenticeship as a business clerk. After reunification , she moved to Switzerland in 1990 and sold crude oil distillation systems to Russia for a Zurich company . Since 1999 she has worked as a producer and editor for various media companies in Zurich.
In 2003 her first volume of poetry was released, Nothing and Again Nothing . This was followed by a novel , other volumes of short stories and poetry, as well as a number of articles in anthologies and literary magazines. For Tropenfieber , a collection of short stories in which she describes autobiographical travel experiences in a humorous way without taboos, Klossek received a works grant from the Thalwil community in 2008 .
From 2011 to 2013 she wrote gags for the satirical show Giacobbo / Müller on SRF 1 .
In 2016, Freiraum-Verlag published The Man in the Yellow Dress - Song of the Flying Foxes, a lyrical battle of words between Klossek and the Augsburg writer Benedikt Maria Kramer .
In spring 2017, Klossek spent two months at the Alice Boner Institute in Varanasi as part of a foreign scholarship .
Susann Klossek lives in Zurich.
Works
- Nothing and again nothing. Zeidler Verlag, Plauen 2003, ISBN 3-937874-00-3 (poetry)
- Men. Amicus Verlag, Föritz / Weidhausen 2005, ISBN 978-3-935660-63-1 (short stories)
- Touch in the thicket. Verlag Janos Stekovics, Dößeln 2006, ISBN 978-3-89923-130-4 (poetry)
- Better bobbing around - a little guide to planning your life. Self-published, 2008 (comic drawings and texts)
- Tropical fever. Books on demand, Norderstedt 2008, 2nd edition 2010, ISBN 978-3-8334-8669-2 (travel reports)
- desperate mousewife - Are you sure you want to delete the career file ?. Novum Eco Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-85251-918-0 (novel)
- The last big bluff: 51 short ones. gONZoVerlag, Mainz 2013, ISBN 978-3-9814439-9-8 (poetry)
- A river in me gONZoVerlag, Mainz 2015, ISBN 978-3-944564-12-8 (poetry)
- Horses don't bet on people. gONZoVerlag, Mainz 2016, ISBN 978-3-944564-13-5 (poetry)
- The Man in the Yellow Dress - Song of Songs of the Flying Foxes. Freiraum-Verlag, Greifswald 2016, ISBN 978-3-943672-95-4 (Lyrical Dialogue with Benedikt Maria Kramer)
- Varanasi - Ganges terminus . Freiraum-Verlag, Greifswald 2019, ISBN 978-3962750107 (travel report )
- Back on the Ice - How Not to Write a Novel . gONZoVerlag, Mainz 2019, ISBN 978-3944564449 (letter novel)
Web links
- Literature by and about Susann Klossek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and information on the work of Susann Klossek at Literaturport
- Susann Klossek Website of the author
- Freiraum-Verlag website
- Interview in the Zürichsee-Zeitung
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SURNAME | Klossek, Susann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, journalist, painter and blogger |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |