Wiebke Eden

Wiebke Eden at a reading in Nordhorn on October 9, 2008

Wiebke Eden (born January 19, 1968 in Jever ) is a German writer .

biography

From 1988 Wiebke Eden worked as a volunteer at the newspaper Jeversches Wochenblatt . This was followed by a year and a half as an editor . From 1991 to 1996 she studied German and pedagogy at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg and graduated with a master's degree. She also worked as a freelance journalist and gave lectures and seminars in adult education .

Wiebke Eden lives in Berlin .

Awards

• 1990: Young talent award from the Weser-Ems Chamber of Agriculture
• 1995: Mainz selection and journalism award from the Bremerhaven press club.

Works

• In conversation - journalists . Verlag Edition Ebersbach , Dortmund 2000, ISBN 978-3-934703-08-7 .
• Don't be afraid of feeling great - eleven portraits of German women writers. Verlag Edition Ebersbach, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-934703-26-1 .
• The time of the red fruits , novel. Arche Literatur Verlag , Zurich-Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7160-2375-4
• The lovers - observations in the Romanisches Café . 2nd Edition. Bübül Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-946807-02-5 .
• Udo . Bübül Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-946807-07-0 .
• The Shadows of a Year , novel. Bübül Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946807-26-1 .

The time of the red fruits

The novel accompanies the protagonist Greta through the Second World War in Szczecin . Greta is twenty years old at the beginning of the novel. Her story is based on the life story of a great aunt by marriage of the author. Greta works as a kitchen helper in a restaurant, where she meets her first love. Greta becomes pregnant, but does not want to marry the child's father. He was called up for military service and later fell at the front. Greta later meets a man in a harbor bar, whom she marries at the end of the novel. Similar to Helene in Julia Franck's novel " Die Mittagsfrau ", Greta has a distant relationship with her child.

Web links

• Literature by and about Wiebke Eden in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Wiebke Eden at perlentaucher.de
• Web presence of the author
• Review of the time of the red fruits in Brigitte online
• Frauke Kaberka: Review of The Time of Red Fruits in Faith News , April 8, 2008
• Tanja Langer: Review of The Time of Red Fruits in WELT ONLINE , May 17, 2008
• “Charm of the stubborn” - Kultur SPIEGEL on Wiebke Eden , Kultur SPIEGEL 5/2008 of April 28, 2008, page 46
• Known people from Jever , accessed October 9, 2017.