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German writer
Julia Franck
(born 1970, in
East Berlin
) is a German writer.
Life
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Julia Franck, a twin,
[1]
is the daughter of the actress Anna Katharina Franck and of the television producer Jurgen Sehmisch.
[2]
In 1978 the family moved to
West Berlin
where they spent nine months in a
refugee camp
.
[3]
She grew up in
Schleswig-Holstein
.
[4]
Franck studied German Literature and American Studies at the
Free University of Berlin
and spent some time in the United States, Mexico and Guatemala.
[5]
She worked as an editor for
Sender Freies Berlin
and contributed to various newspapers and magazines.
[6]
She lives with her children in Berlin.
[6]
Literary works
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Franck is the author of five novels and one short story collection, and the editor of a collection of essays. Her three most recent novels,
Lagerfeuer
[
de
]
,
[7]
Die Mittagsfrau
[
de
]
,
[8]
and
Rucken an Rucken
,
[9]
as well as the collection
Grenzubergange
, engage explicitly with twentieth-century German history.
Lagerfeuer
is set in the West Berlin refugee camp Berlin-Marienfelde in the 1970s and follows four main characters, one of whom, Nelly Senff, has fled East Berlin with her two young children.
Rucken an Rucken
is also set during the years of Germany's division, ending in the early 1960s,
[10]
and
Die Mittagsfrau
spans from World War I to divided Germany of the 1950s.
Although Franck has not described herself as a feminist author, feminist scholars have noted her presentation of women's experience of history, power structures, sexuality, and relationships (such as motherhood).
[11]
Franck's books have been translated into over 35 languages.
[12]
[13]
Family connections
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Franck is the granddaughter of sculptor
Ingeborg Hunzinger
(1915?2009) and a great granddaughter of the artist and illustrator
Philipp Franck
(1860?1944).
[14]
Awards and honours
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Memberships
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Works
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English translations
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Translations
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Film adaptions
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References
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Clary, Elisalex (16 November 2011).
"Auf den Spuren der Mutter"
.
Die Welt
(in German)
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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Lieder, Marianna (13 October 2021).
"Julia Franck: Chronik einer Jugend zwischen Ost und West"
.
Die Welt
(in German)
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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"Julia Franck ? PEN Zentrum deutschsprachiger Autoren im Ausland"
.
Exil Pen, PEN Zentrum deutschsprachiger Autoren im Ausland
(in German). 11 June 2021
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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Hajasch, Frank (28 October 2021).
"Julia Franck bei "Der Norden liest" im Literaturhaus Kiel"
.
NDR.de
(in German)
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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"Julia Franck"
.
The Modern Novel
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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a
b
"Julia Franck"
.
internationales literaturfestival berlin
(in German). 13 May 2022
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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"Kuhle Lagerstimmung"
.
Deutschlandfunk
(in German). 29 October 2003
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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"Kurz und Bundig ? Julia Franck: Die Mittagsfrau"
.
Cicero Online
(in German). 20 July 2009
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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Schwarz, Andre.
"Wirres Sammelsurium"
.
Uber Julia Francks Roman "Rucken an Rucken" : literaturkritik.de
(in German)
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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Lovenberg, Felicitas von (1 January 1970).
"Julia Franck: Rucken an Rucken: Hansel und Gretel in der DDR"
.
FAZ.NET
(in German)
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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Hill, Alexandra.
Playing House: Motherhood, Intimacy, and Domestic Spaces in Julia Franck's Fiction
. Peter Lang.
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"Julia Franck ? Badenweiler Literaturtage"
.
Badenweiler Literaturtage ? Gastgeber Rudiger Safranski
(in German)
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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"Julia Franck: Die Mittagsfrau und ihre Ubersetzer"
.
RP Online
(in German). 1 July 2008
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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Julia Franck (23 July 2013).
"On the Track of Family History"
. Jewish Quarterly. Archived from
the original
on 3 October 2017
. Retrieved
2 October
2016
.
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"Shortlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010 revealed ? RobAroundBooks"
.
RobAroundBooks
. Archived from
the original
on 3 March 2016
. Retrieved
23 October
2015
.
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"Julia Franck erhalt Schiller-Gedachtnis-Preis 2022"
.
Baden-Wurttemberg.de
(in German). 13 October 2022
. Retrieved
13 October
2022
.
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"Mitglieder"
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penberlin.de
(in German)
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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"Julia Franck: "Die Mittagsfrau" - 07.10.2018"
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DW.COM
(in German)
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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Kermode, Mark (14 June 2015).
"West review ? taut cold-war drama"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
.
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"Westen"
.
filmportal.de
. Retrieved
2 December
2022
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