Susanna Mewe
Susanna Mewe (* 1981 in Greven ) is a German writer and screenwriter .
Life
Susanna Mewe studied English, German and theater studies in Hamburg and Berlin as well as literary writing at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig . In 2003 she took part in the authors' workshop of the Vienna Burgtheater and in 2004 in the scenic workshop of the Berliner Festspiele. In 2006, her play Leas Tag , which was published by the Kurt Desch publishing house , was performed at the Ruhr Festival Recklinghausen and at the Mainz State Theater . From 2006 to 2008 she completed a master's degree in film at the Hamburg Media School . In 2012, the first performance of the play Handgriff der Evakuierung took place in Chemnitz .
Susanna Mewe lives and works as a freelance writer in Berlin. She writes plays, scripts, prose and translates from English.
Works
Plays
- 2004: Morgenstern / Abendstern
- 2006: Lea's Day
- 2009: On ice
- 2010: Splinter Night
- 2011: The moves of evacuation
- 2017: In a forest so dark. Co-author: Julia Kandzora
Radio plays
- 2017: no window, one door. SWR. Co-author: Julia Kandzora
- 2018: What are the plants doing? SWR. Co-author: Julia Kandzora
- 2019: Jordsand . Audible. Co-author: Carola M. Lowitz
- 2020: Tinder is the Night . SWR
Scripts
- 2007: daffodils . Short film
- 2008: farewell song . Short film
- 2009: Roentgen. Short film
- 2011: So simply complicated . Children's short film (co-author Carola M. Lowitz)
Translations
- 2011: with Norbert Lange: Kevin Prufer We wanted to find America. Luxbooks, Wiesbaden 2011, ISBN 978-3-939557-46-3 .
Novels
- 2016: When my sisters got the blue out of the sky. Structure, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-7466-3219-3 .
- 2017: When Clara Dorn became a bit holy . dtv, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-423-26125-8 .
- 2019: The afterlife can do me. dtv, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-423-26207-1
Awards
- 2009: Munich Prize for German-Language Drama
- 2011: Alfred-Döblin scholarship from the Academy of Arts
- 2011: Audience award of the Prosanova literary competition
- 2011: Winner of the Retzhofer Dramapreis
- 2016: 9th Wartholz Literature Prize
- 2019: Scholarship from the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation
- 2019: Radio play grant from the Filmstiftung NRW
Web links
- Literature by and about Susanna Mewe in the catalog of the German National Library
- Susanna Gniew in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Susanna Mewe on the Hamburg Media School website
- Susanna Mewe at dtv.de.
- Susanna Mewe on the website of Aufbau Verlag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leas Tag on felix-bloch-orben.de
- ↑ Munich Prize for German Drama at muenchen.de
- ^ Winner of the Prosanova competition 2011 on pn11.prosanova.net
- ↑ Retzhofer Dramapreis 2011 on uni-t.org
- ↑ Susanna Mewe wins 9th Wartholz Literature Prize at noe.orf.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mewe, Susanna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greven |