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Annegret Held

あんねぐれーと・へると

Annegret Held

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1962-04-25 (Pottum/Westerwald)
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Pottum

Career

Occupations
Writer, Police officer (former), Nursing assistant (former)
Active Years
1988-2024
Affiliations
PEN-Zentrum Deutschland
Memberships
PEN-Zentrum Deutschland

Education

Ethnology and Art History
Period: 1987-
Country: Germany

Awards

Förderpreis zum Georg-K.-Glaser-Preis
2000
Organization: Landes Rheinland-Pfalz
Result: 受賞
Martha-Saalfeld-Förderpreis
2000
Organization: Landes Rheinland-Pfalz
Result: 受賞
Kunstpreis Berlin, Förderungspreis
2001
Result: 受賞
Koblenzer Literaturpreis
2003
Result: 受賞
Renate-Chotjewitz-Häfner-Förderpreis
2018
Result: 受賞
Roswitha-Preis
2022
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Meine Nachtgestalten

1988 Novel

Diary of a policewoman.

Police daily lifeNight shapes
Adaptations
  • [Film] Die Polizistin / Andreas Dresen (2000)

Das Zimmermädchen

2004 Novel

Story of a chambermaid.

Class societyWomen's lives
Adaptations
  • [TV film] Das Zimmermädchen (2005)

Am Aschermittwoch ist alles vorbei

1997 Novel

Carnival in a Catholic Westerwald village.

CarnivalRural customs

Bibliography

  • Meine Nachtgestalten, Eichborn, 1988
  • Mein Bruder sagt, du bist ein Bulle, Rowohlt Rotfuchs, 1990
  • Meine Schatten, mein Echo und ich, Rowohlt Neue Frau, 1994
  • Am Aschermittwoch ist alles vorbei, Rowohlt Hardcover, 1997
  • Die Baumfresserin, Rowohlt Hardcover, 1999
  • Hesters Traum, Rowohlt Hardcover, 2001
  • Das Zimmermädchen, marebuch, 2004
  • Die letzten Dinge, Eichborn, 2005
  • Fliegende Koffer, Eichborn, 2009
  • Apollonia, Eichborn, 2012
  • Armut ist ein brennend Hemd, Eichborn, 2015
  • Das Verkehrte und das Richtige, Eichborn, 2022

Adaptations

  • Die Polizistin (2000), Lotta film series (2010-2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Dialogue-heavy depiction of realityUrban and rural-provincial contemporary settings
Recurring Motifs
Rural customsFemale perspectives

Legacy

German contemporary writer known for works drawing from police experience and rural depictions, several adapted to film. Member of PEN.