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Kathrin Passig

カトリン・パッシク

Kathrin Passig

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1970-06-04 （Deggendorf）
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German

Career

Occupations
Writer, Translator
Active Years
2000-2024

Awards

Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
2006
Work: Sie befinden sich hier
Organization: Literaturfestival Klagenfurt
Result: 受賞
Grimme Online Award
2006
Work: Riesenmaschine
Organization: Adolf-Grimme-Institut
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

You Are Here

2006 Short story

A short story about locating oneself.

Translations

Lexikon des Unwissens

2007 Non-fiction

Encyclopedia collecting questions without answers so far. Co-authored with Aleks Scholz.

Translations

Bibliography

  • Die Wahl der Qual (with Ira Strübel, 2000)
  • Sie befinden sich hier (2006)
  • Das nächste große Ding (with Holm Friebe, 2007)
  • Lexikon des Unwissens (with Aleks Scholz, 2007)
  • Strübel & Passig. Gesammelte Kolumnen (with Ira Strübel, 2007)
  • Dinge geregelt kriegen – ohne einen Funken Selbstdisziplin (with Sascha Lobo, 2009)
  • Verirren. Eine Anleitung für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene (with Aleks Scholz, 2010)
  • Das neue Lexikon des Unwissens (with Aleks Scholz and Kai Schreiber, 2011)
  • Internet – Segen oder Fluch (with Sascha Lobo, 2012)
  • Weniger schlecht programmieren (with Johannes Jander, 2013)

Translations by Author

  • Works by William Leonard Marshall, Bob Dylan, Jacob Weisberg, Harlan Coben

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Non-fictionShort storyHumor

Legacy

German author who won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. Known as editor and programmer of the blog 'Riesenmaschine', active in non-fiction and short stories.

Trivia

  • Editor and programmer of the blog 'Riesenmaschine', which received the Grimme Online Award in 2006.