Theresia Walser

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Theresia Walser (born November 20, 1967 in Friedrichshafen ) is a German playwright .

Life

After working in geriatric care for a year, Theresia Walser, a daughter of the author Martin Walser , trained as an actor at the Bern University of Music and Theater from 1990 to 1994 . She was a member of the ensemble at the Junge Theater Göttingen for two years . She lives as a writer in Berlin , Mannheim and Freiburg im Breisgau, among others .

Theresia Walser is the author of plays that are intended as an alternative to current stage realism and whose unusual, poetic art of language is unanimously praised by the critics. Works by her have been translated into French, Spanish, Polish and Greek. In 1998 the jury of the magazine “ Theater heute ” selected her as the youngest writer of the year ; in the same year she received the schiller memorial award of the state of Baden-Württemberg. In the winter semester 2011/2012 she was, together with Karl-Heinz Ott , owner of the poetics lectureship at the University of Koblenz-Landau .

Works

  • The remaining pair. Frankfurt am Main 1996 (premiere Theater die Rampe, Stuttgart 1997)
  • Small doubts. The remaining pair. Frankfurt am Main 1997 (world premiere Münchner Kammerspiele 1997)
  • King Kong's daughters. Frankfurt am Main 1998 (world premiere Theater am Neumarkt , Zurich 1998)
  • It has not been that wild in our forests for a long time. Frankfurt am Main 2000 (world premiere Münchner Kammerspiele 2000; director: Jan Bosse )
  • The heroine of Potsdam. Frankfurt am Main 2001 (premiere Maxim-Gorki-Theater , Berlin 2001)
  • Hiking whores. Frankfurt am Main 2004 (world premiere Staatstheater Stuttgart 2004)
  • The war correspondent. Frankfurt am Main 2005 (world premiere Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel , Munich 2005)
  • The list of the last things. (World premiere Bavarian State Theater Munich, 2006)
  • A bit of calm before the storm. (World premiere National Theater Mannheim 2006)
  • Tomorrow in Qatar . (World premiere at Staatstheater Kassel 2008)
  • Monsoons in April . Comedy (premiere of the Nationaltheater Mannheim 2008)
  • Undertaker. Comedy. (World premiere at the National Theater Mannheim 2009)
  • The whole world. (Together with Karl-Heinz Ott ; premiere of the National Theater Mannheim 2010)
  • A silence for Mrs. Shirakesh. (World premiere at Theater Osnabrück 2011.)
  • I am like you, I love apples. (World premiere at the Nationaltheater Mannheim on January 12, 2013)
  • Constance by the sea. A heavenly theater. Together with Karl-Heinz Ott. (World premiere at the Konstanz Council Festival, June 27, 2014). Rowohlt Theaterverlag 2013; Book: Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2014.
  • Mistresses. (World premiere in the Nationaltheater Mannheim on October 29, 2014)
  • The Basel Tower , grotesque; Commissioned piece of the theater. (Premiere: September 15, 2016 Theater Basel )

Prizes and awards

  • "Young author of the year" 1998
  • "Author of the Year" 1999
  • "Pieces" award of the Goethe Institute 1999
  • "Pieces" award of the Goethe Institute 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bringing literature to life. ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Information on the university website, accessed September 23, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-koblenz-landau.de
  2. ↑ Anke Dürr: Being the boss - be careful! Review of Monsun in April at Spiegel online on December 13, 2008, accessed on January 7, 2011.
  3. ^ Uwe Wittstock: Theresia Walser and the employees. Review of the premiere at Welt Online on December 21, 2009, accessed on January 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ Frank Wille: In the department store of disappearing. Review of Walser's male undertaker in Theater today from February 2010, accessed on January 7, 2011.
  5. ↑ Jens Frederiksen: First performance a stroke of luck. Meeting  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Wiesbadener Tagblatt of November 22, 2010, accessed on January 7, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wiesbadener-tagblatt.de  
  6. ↑ The whole world ( memento of the original from November 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the repertoire of the Nationaltheater Mannheim, accessed on January 7, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
  7. ↑ piece description on the website of the Theater Osnabrück, accessed on 23. September 2011.
  8. ↑ Andreas Rossmann : Talking something against the horror. Review in the FAZ , accessed on September 23, 2011.
  9. ↑ Description on the website of the Nationaltheater Mannheim, accessed on January 10, 2012.
  10. ↑ Description on the website of the Theater Konstanz , accessed on June 17, 2014.
  11. ^ Description on the National Theater website.
  12. ↑ The banks sway, the mountains nod and the tankards clink in FAZ on September 26, 2016, page 12.
personal data
SURNAME Walser, Theresia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedrichshafen