Susanne Röckel
Susanne Röckel (born June 14, 1953 in Darmstadt ) is a German writer and literary translator who also publishes under the pseudonym Anne Spielmann .
Life
Susanne Röckel studied German and Romance languages at the Free University of Berlin . After long stays abroad, she worked from 1978 to 1985 as an employee of the magazine Filmkritik and freelance editor . In 1990 she took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt . From 1997 to 1998 Röckel stayed in China and worked as a German teacher at a university in Shanghai . Today she lives in Munich .
Susanne Röckel is the author of novels and short stories . She also translates from English and French .
Works
- Palladion , Salzburg 1989
- The kimono dyer , Salzburg 1990
- The cage , Munich [u. a.] 1994
- Eschenhain , Munich 1997
- Chinese alphabet , Munich 1999
- From the game , Munich 2003
- Forgotten museums , Frankfurt / Main 2009 ( The Other Library series )
- Pictures like flowers , Göttingen 2009
- Rotula , Frankfurt / Main 2012
- Der Vogelgott , Salzburg [ao] 2018
- Centaurs in the City Park: Three Tales , Young and Young, Salzburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-99027-235-0 .
As a translator
- Pierre Assouline : As a guest , in blue, white, red. France tells. Ed. Olga Mannheimer. dtv, Munich 2017 ISBN 9783423261524 pp. 243–250 (from Les invités. 2009. First translation)
- Thomas Buergenthal : A child of happiness , Frankfurt am Main 2007
- Antonia S. Byatt : Stilleben , Frankfurt am Main 2000 (translated together with Melanie Walz )
- Lynne Cox : Der kleine Wal , Munich 2006 (translated under the name Anne Spielmann)
- Carolly Erickson : Katharina die Große , Munich 1995 (translated under the name Anne Spielmann)
- Paula Fox : The God of Nightmares , Munich 2007 and various others
- Faïza Guène : The Babar syndrome , in blue, white, red. France tells. Ed. Olga Mannheimer. dtv, Munich 2017 ISBN 9783423261524 pp. 251–261 (from Un homme, ça ne pleure pas. 2014. First translation)
- Bernd Heinrich : A researcher and his owl , Munich 1993
- Janine di Giovanni : The morning when they picked us up. Reports from Syria . Fischer, Frankfurt 2016, ISBN 978-3-10-397230-6
- Rebekka Göpfert (Ed.): I came alone , Munich 1994
- Christian Jacq : The ruler of the Nile , Munich 2003 (translated under the name Anne Spielmann) and various others
- Lisa Jardine : The Splendor of the Renaissance , Munich 1999 (translated under the name Anne Spielmann)
- Helen Oyeyemi : Das Ikarus-Mädchen , Berlin 2005 (translated under the name Anne Spielmann)
- Lisa Scottoline : Murder among sisters , Munich 2004 (translated under the name Anne Spielmann) and various others
- Sylvain Tesson : From the desert, in blue, white, red. France tells. Ed. Olga Mannheimer. dtv, Munich 2017 ISBN 9783423261524 pp. 264–269 (from S'abandonner à vivre. 2014. First translation)
- Andrew Wilson : Schöner Schatten , Berlin 2003 (translated with Anette Grube)
- Irène Némirovsky, various works (all Knaus Verlag)
- Carl Schrade, eleven years (Wallstein)
- Antonia Byatt, Still Life, Ragnarök (Insel Verlag)
- Sarah Kirschner, Sala's Secret (S. Fischer Verlag)
- Thomas Buerghenthal, A Child of Fortune (S. Fischer)
- Joyce Carol Oates, short stories (The Other Library / Eichborn Verlag)
- Alexander Waugh, Das Haus Wittgenstein (S. Fischer) Kate Summerscale, Mrs Robinson's Disgrace (Bloomsbury)
- Daniel Levitin, The World in 6 Songs (Ed. Heidenreich)
- Atul Gawande, Being Mortal (S. Fischer)
- Ibram X. Kendi , Branded (CH Beck)
- Vincent van Gogh, letters (CH Beck)
Awards
- 1988: Gerhard Fritsch Literature Prize
- 1989: Promotion Prize of the Free State of Bavaria for Literature
- 1994: Scholarship from the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf
- 1998: Mara Cassens Prize from the Hamburg Literature House
- 1999: Tukan Prize of the City of Munich
- 2005: Working grant Beijing, Federal Cultural Foundation
- 2017: Working grant from the City of Munich (6000 euros) for the Fantastic Stories
- 2018: Tukan Prize of the City of Munich for her novel Der Vogelgott
- 2018: Franz Hessel Prize for Der Vogelgott (together with Anne-Marie Garat as French prize winner; award of the prize in June 2019)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon, founded by Wilhelm Kosch , Volume 13, Column 138
- ↑ See Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon, founded by Wilhelm Kosch , Volume 13, Column 138
Web links
- Literature by and about Susanne Röckel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Susanne Röckel in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Röckel, Susanne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spielmann, Anne (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and literary translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |