Verena Liebers
Verena Liebers (born May 31, 1961 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf ) is a German writer, stage actress and biologist. She writes novels , stories , short stories , poems , non-fiction books and scientific texts. Verena Liebers performs stage adaptations of her texts under the label VIGLis Wanderbühne . She uses the stage name VIGLi for her stage appearances .
Life
Verena Liebers spent her early childhood in Berlin and lived in Munich from 1970 to 1990 . She studied biology in Munich and did her doctorate in this subject with a thesis on chironomid allergy . Verena Liebers has lived in Bochum since 1990 and has been publishing fiction texts since 2000 .
Works
Novels
- The shadow girl , Salon-Literatur-Verlag, Munich 2003
- Nestel , Salon-Literatur-Verlag, Munich 2005
- The observer , Salon-Literatur-Verlag, Munich 2010
Collections of stories, short stories and poems
- Life pieces , Mauer-Verlag Kriese, Rottenburg a / N 2000
- Kleine Welt , Salon-Literatur-Verlag, Munich 2004
- The Mantelmann and other award-winning texts , Salon-Literatur-Verlag, Munich 2004
- Next door , Salon-Literatur-Verlag, Munich 2015
Sports books
- Runners are only human , Copress Sport, Munich 2008
- Submerged , Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2010
- Expired , Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2012
- From the adventure of running 100 km , Klartext Verlag, Essen 2018
Awards
- 2nd prize Poetensitz 1999 in Heidelberg
- 1st prize literature competition at the Minden 2000 cultural festival
- 2nd prize “Verbrechen” writing competition, Hütschenhausen 2000
- 1st Prize Salonline Literature Competition 2000
- 2nd Prize Oberhausen Literature Competition 2002
- 3rd Prize Stork Literature Competition 2002
- Nomination for the Mara Cassens Prize 2003
- 1st Prize Dorsten Poetry Competition 2003
- 3rd Prize Felsenland Literature Competition 2003
- City clerk grant from the city of Otterndorf 2005
- City artist of Velbert-Langenberg 2006
- 1st prize in the writing competition "Christmas letter" of Aktion Mensch 2012
- Selected for the "Soltau artist apartment" in Soltau (Lower Saxony) 2012
- 3rd prize in the poetry competition Hochstadter Stier 2015
- Scholarship "Stader Uul" 2016
- Scholarship Soltau artist apartment 2019
- Wortrandale Literature Prize Berlin 2019
- 1st place for the Antho-Logisch literature prize 2020
Web links
- Verena Liebers website
- Author portrait on the SALON LiteraturVERLAG publisher website
- Literature by and about Verena Liebers in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Liebers, Verena |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | VIGLi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Wilmersdorf |