Susanne Fischer (literary scholar)

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Susanne Fischer (born August 18, 1960 in Hamburg ) is a German writer , journalist and editor .

Life

Susanne Fischer studied German and political science in Hamburg , graduated with a master's degree and worked from 1980 to 1988 as a freelance journalist and audio game editor. She has published since 1986 and has been a columnist for the daily newspaper since 1995 . Furthermore, numerous contributions have appeared in anthologies .

Since 1989 she has been a research assistant, since 2001 she has been managing director and since 2018 she has been the managing director of the Arno Schmidt Foundation , Bargfeld . She was responsible for managing several editions of the foundation.

In May 2013 she was honored with the Ben Witter Prize as a "passionate human observer and everyday writer who describes life in the German province from Uelzen to Berlin as cheerful as it is evil in her stories and columns", according to the jury's verdict. Susanne Fischer is a board member of the German Literature Fund . She is a member of the PEN Center Germany .

Publications (selection)

  • With Jochen Schoenicke: Reefs under the rainbow. Diving and sailing adventures in the South Seas . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1986.
  • Don't buy barn women. Stories and important reports . Weißer Stein, Greiz 1995.
  • Fake parents . Novel. Haffmans, Zurich 1998.
  • Try over the cream cake. Useful columns in a timeless design . Edition Tiamat, Berlin 1998.
  • Elsewhere . Narrative. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2002.
  • Among women . Thirteen stories. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-518-39949-7 .
  • The usher . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-8218-5755-2 .
  • City country murder. Haffmans bei Zweiausendeins , Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-86150-572-3 . (in cooperation with Fanny Müller )
  • The children's revolt . S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-85424-0 .
  • The children's revolt . Volume 2. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2014. ISBN 978-3-596-856640 .
  • Cloud queen. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2018. ISBN 978-3499218019 .

Editing

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Archived copy ( memento of April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Morgenpost.de accessed on May 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Members . In: PEN Center Germany . ( pen-deutschland.de [accessed April 30, 2018]).