Roswitha Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2005) Winner
Julia Franck
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Julia Franck
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1970-01-01 （East Berlin, East Germany）
- Nationality
- German
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- East Berlin → West Berlin refugee camp → Schleswig-Holstein → Berlin
Career
- Occupations
- novelist
- Active Years
- 1995-2021
- Memberships
- PEN Berlin
- Influenced By
- Ingeborg Hunzinger, Philipp Franck
- Nominations
- Shortlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010 (Blind Side of the Heart), Shortlist for the Wingate Literary Prize 2010
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free University of Berlin | Faculty of Literature | German Literature and American Studies | — | — | Germany |
Free University of Berlin
Faculty of Literature
/ German Literature and American Studies
Country:
Germany
Studied German Literature and American Studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | German Book Prize | The Blind Side of the Heart | — | German Book Prize Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Roswitha Prize | — | — | City of Bad Gandersheim | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Schiller Memorial Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
German Book Prize
2007
Work:
The Blind Side of the Heart
Organization:
German Book Prize Foundation
Result:
受賞
Marie Luise Kaschnitz Prize
2004
Result:
受賞
Roswitha Prize
2005
Organization:
City of Bad Gandersheim
Result:
受賞
Schiller Memorial Prize
2022
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
German Book Prize (Deutscher Buchpreis)
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2007) Winner
Schiller Memorial Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (2022) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Blind Side of the Heart
2007 novelSpans from World War I to divided Germany of the 1950s.
German historyWomen's experienceMotherhoodPower structures
Translations
- Translated into over 35 languages
Lagerfeuer
2005 novelSet in the West Berlin refugee camp Berlin-Marienfelde in the 1970s.
RefugeesGerman divisionFamily
Adaptations
- [film] West / Christian Schwochow (2013)
Back to Back
2011 novelSet during the years of Germany's division, ending in the early 1960s.
German divisionSiblingsHistory
Bibliography
- Liebediener (2001)
- Bauchlandung (2000)
- Lagerfeuer (2005)
- Mir nichts, dir nichts (2006)
- The Blind Side of the Heart (2009)
- Grenzübergänge (2009)
- Back to Back (2013)
- Blue Light (2017)
- Welten auseinander (2021)
Adaptations
- West (2013, film adaptation of Lagerfeuer)
Translations by Author
- Aus der nahen Ferne (translation of Rebecca Solnit, 2014)
Translations of Works
- English: The Blind Side of the Heart, Back to Back, West
- Over 35 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Clear prose engaging with 20th-century German historyFocus on women's experiences
- Recurring Motifs
- German divisionMotherhoodRefugee experiencesFamily relations
Legacy
German novelist known for novels engaging with 20th-century German history, particularly division, from women's perspectives. Translated into over 35 languages. Winner of German Book Prize.
Trivia
- Born as a twin.
- Granddaughter of sculptor Ingeborg Hunzinger.
- Great-great-granddaughter of artist Philipp Franck.