Ulrike Draesner

Ulrike Draesner

Novelist, essayist, poet, and translator, Ulrike Draesner is amongst the most prominent writers in modern German literature.

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Sieben Sprünge

Sieben Sprünge

“War, flight and expulsion: Ulrike Draesner, in a brilliant novel, digs right down into the inner constitution of a traumatized generation.” Katharina Teutsch, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (08.07.2014)

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Paprika Mamrika

SUBSONG

Paprika Mamrika

“Ulrike Draesner’s poetry is made to be listened to, it is language as music.” Margrit Irgang, SWR2 (21. 12. 2014)

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Life Writing

Life Writing

How does one narrate a life? How does one rouse something to life by sending nothing but language and linguistic images into the head and “sensibility” of an unknown person.

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»Ulrike Draesner poeticises the world.«

– Comment from the judging panel of the Joachim-Ringelnatz-Prize 2014 –

Her genuine curiosity about the world and the people around her makes Ulrike Draesner a sharp and quick-witted observer of our times. Her writing – intricately woven, humorous, incisive, and compelling – spans a vast thematic spectrum. As a polyglot constantly border-hopping between cultures, disciplines, and genres, it is only natural that Ulrike Draesner examines the taboos and desires of the twenty-first century by way of language itself.

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Current projects
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Kanalschwimmer
Novel

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Eine Frau wird älter
Mémoir

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Nibelungen. Heimsuchung
Illustrations by  Carl Otto Czeschka

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London
Favourite Places, Insel Publishers

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»Draesner makes use of all linguistic registers to grasp hold of the feeling of homelessness. Convincingly she links the novel of the family with scientific discourse and, from this, develops a new approach to life and historical writing.«

– from the verdict of the jury for the Nicolas Born Prize 2016 –