Heike Geissler (born 5 April 1977) is a German author. She is a recipient of the Alfred Döblin Prize.

Heike Geissler
Graffiti portrait of Bachmann at the Robert Musil Museum in Klagenfurt
Graffiti portrait of Bachmann at the Robert Musil Museum in Klagenfurt
Born(1977-04-05)5 April 1977
Riesa, Germany
OccupationAuthor

Life

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Heike Geissler was born in Riesa, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany, on 5 April 1977. She grew up in Riesa and Karl-Marx-Stadt/Chemnitz.[1] In 2001, she received the Alfred Döblin Prize for her novel Rosa, which was published the following year. Her novel Saisonarbeit (2014) was published as Seasonal Associate by Semiotext(e) in English translation by Katy Derbyshire in 2018 to critical acclaim.[2]

She lives in Leipzig.[3]

Awards

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  • 2001, Alfred Döblin Prize

Publications

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  • Rosa. Roman. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart/München 2002, ISBN 3-421-05605-6.
  • Nichts, was tragisch wäre. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-421-04219-4.
  • Emma und Pferd Beere. With illustrations by Simone Waßermann, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-941601-09-3.
  • Saisonarbeit. Spector Books, Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-944669-66-3.
    • English-language translation: Seasonal Associate. Translated Katy Derbyshire. Semiotext(e), New York 2018, ISBN 978-1-63590-036-1.
  • Die Woche Roman (in German). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag. 2022. ISBN 978-3-518-43053-8. OCLC 1277291138.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Wenzel, Tobias. "Angst vor der Entscheidung: Die deutsche Schriftstellerin Heike Geißler". Deutschlandradio Kultur. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Seasonal Associate". Book Marks. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Heike Geißler". Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Heike Geißler aus Leipzig schreibt über die Suche nach dem richtigen Protest". MDR.DE (in German). 9 March 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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