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Monika Maron

モニカ・マロン

Monika Maron

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1941-06-03 （Berlin）
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Residence History
East Berlin → Hamburg → Berlin

Career

Occupations
author, directing assistant, journalist
Active Years
1979-2024

Awards

Kleist Prize
1992
Result: won
Friedrich Hölderlin Prize
2003
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Flight of Ashes

1981 novel

Novel about flight of ashes

East German reality

The Defector

1986 novel

Story of a defector

defection

Silent Close No. 6

1991 novel

Story set in Silent Close No. 6

confrontation with the past

Animal Triste

1996 novel

Sad animal tale

Bibliography

  • Flight of Ashes (Flugasche) (1981)
  • Herr Aurich (1982)
  • The Misunderstanding (Das Mißverständnis) (1982)
  • The Defector (Die Überläuferin) (1986)
  • Silent Close No. 6 (Stille Zeile Sechs) (1991)
  • Nach Massgabe meiner Begreifungskraft (1993)
  • Animal Triste (1996)
  • Pavel's Letters (Pawels Briefe) (1999)
  • Endmoränen (2002)
  • Quer über die Gleise (2002)
  • Wie ich ein Buch nicht schreiben kann (2005)
  • Ach, Glück (2007)
  • Bitterfelder Bogen (2009)
  • Zwei Brüder (2010)
  • Zwischenspiel (2013)
  • Munin oder Chaos im Kopf (2018)
  • Krumme Gestalten, vom Wind gebissen (2020)
  • Artur Lanz (2020)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
sparse, bleak, and lonely proseconveying the sensitivity and desperation of her narrators
Recurring Motifs
confrontation with the pastthreats posed by memory and isolation

Legacy

German author from the GDR, whose works deal with confrontation with the past and explore threats by memory and isolation. Exhibited conservative views lately.

Trivia

  • In 2020, her publishing house cut ties with her.