Ulrike Schäfer
Ulrike Schäfer (* 1965 in Munich ) is a German writer .
Education and professional life
Ulrike Schäfer grew up in Schweinfurt and has lived in Würzburg since 1985 . There she studied German , philosophy and computer science . She was also a lecturer in linguistics and German as a foreign language at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . After all, she worked as a software consultant.
Writer and performer
Today Schäfer is a freelance writer , but she also works as a web designer . She writes prose , plays and poetry . Two of her plays have already premiered at the Mainfranken Theater in Würzburg : in 2015 the stage version by Leonhard Frank : Die Jünger Jesu and in 2016 the musical play A Widder with Wings .
Schäfer is happy to present her texts at readings and also in interaction with others. She appears with the liTrio group of authors, at the reading stage Großraumdichten & Kleinstadtgeschichten, as well as with musicians like jazz guitarist Philipp Schiepek .
Since her scholarship at the Writer's House in Stuttgart, Schäfer has been running writing workshops there on a regular basis.
network
Schäfer is a member or employee of the following organizations
- Association of German Writers (VS)
- Association of women authors
- Bookswomen
- Umbrella association of independent Würzburg cultural institutions
- AG Würzburg reads a book
- Literary Forum Oberschwaben
- liTrio (literary trio)
- Reading stage large-scale densities & small-town stories
Publications
Anthologies and prose
- At night, far from here. Narratives . Klöpfer and Meyer, Tübingen 2015, p. 184 .
Stage plays
- 2014 Ruth. Drama based on Leonhard Frank.
- 2015 Stage version by Leonhard Frank: Die Jünger Jesu, premiered in 2015 at the Mainfranken Theater in Würzburg
- 2016 A ram with wings. 700 years of Bürgerspital Würzburg. Musical drama.
Awards
- 2010 Würth Literature Prize of the Tübingen Poetics Lecturer (1st Prize)
- 2011 finalist of the 4th Wartholz literature competition for the text Weite Weg (Weite Weg)
- 2013 erostepost literature prize for the story Pralinenmann
- 2013 study stay in the artist's apartment in Soltau
- 2014 Women's Literature Prize (1st Prize) for the story Nele
- 2014 Leonhard Frank Prize for Drama
- 2014 Jury Prize of the Irseer Pegasus
- 2015 scholarship in the writers' house in Stuttgart
- 2017 Culture Prize of the City of Würzburg
Reviews
In 2014, the jury for the award of the Leonhard Frank Prize established "Schäfer's narrative attitude" based on Brecht's Threepenny Opera: And so it avoids everything pathetic and moral in Leonhard Frank's material and works with exaggeration and irony. "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ person and vita - ulrike schäfer. Retrieved on August 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ a b Stuttgart Writer's House: Ulrike Schäfer. Retrieved on August 17, 2020 (German).
- ^ Michael Seifert, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen: Würth Literature Prize 2010 awarded. March 9, 2010, accessed August 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Participation in the 4th Wartholz literature competition 2011 - ulrike schäfer. Retrieved on August 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Ulrike Schäfer, erostepost: erostepost Literature Prize 2013. Accessed on August 17, 2020 (German).
- ^ City of Soltau - artist apartment. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
- ↑ ThB, SCHATTENBLICK: Women's Literature Prize 2014. Retrieved on August 17, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Matthias Weigel, nachtkritik.de: Leonhard Frank Prize 2014 to Ulrike Schäfer. Retrieved on August 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Irseer Pegasus: Review. March 27, 2020, accessed August 17, 2020 .
- ^ City of Wuerzburg: Topics | Culture and Education - Culture Awards & Honors. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schäfer, Ulrike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |