Anne Weber
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Anne Weber is a German-French author, translator and self-translator. Since 1983 Anne Weber lives in Paris
. She studied in Paris and worked for several editors.
Anne Weber started writing and publishing in French, but immediately translated her first book Ida invente la poudre into German Ida erfindet das Schießpulver. Since then she writes each of her books in French
and German
. Her self-translation
s are often published at the same time in France
and Germany
. In 2005 she received the 3Sat award at the Festival of German-Language Literature. For her translation
of Pierre Michon
she received an European translation award, the Europäischer Übersetzerpreis.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. She studied in Paris and worked for several editors.
Anne Weber started writing and publishing in French, but immediately translated her first book Ida invente la poudre into German Ida erfindet das Schießpulver. Since then she writes each of her books in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. Her self-translation
Self-translation
Self-translation is a translation of a source text into a target text by the writer of the source text. Self-translation occurs in various writing situations...
s are often published at the same time in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. In 2005 she received the 3Sat award at the Festival of German-Language Literature. For her translation
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
of Pierre Michon
Pierre Michon
Pierre Michon is a French writer. His first novel, Small lives , is widely regarded as a masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He won several prizes for Small lives, The Origin of the World and his body of work...
she received an European translation award, the Europäischer Übersetzerpreis.
Works in French
- Ida invente la poudre. Paris 1998.
- Premiere personne. Paris 2001.
- Cerbere. Paris 2003.
- Cendres & metaux. Paris 2006.
- Chers oiseaux. Paris 2006.
- Tous mes vœux : roman. Arles : Actes sud, 2010.
- Auguste : tragédie bourgeoise pour marionnettes. Paris : Le Bruit du temps 2010.
Works in German
- Ida erfindet das Schießpulver. Frankfurt am Main 1999.
- Im Anfang war …. Frankfurt am Main 2000.
- Erste Person. Frankfurt am Main 2002.
- Besuch bei Zerberus. Frankfurt am Main 2004.
- Gold im Mund. Frankfurt am Main 2005.
- Luft und Liebe. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010.
- August. Ein bürgerliches Puppentrauerspiel. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011.
Translations into French
- Jacob BurckhardtJacob BurckhardtCarl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a historian of art and culture, and an influential figure in the historiography of each field. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history, albeit in a form very different from how cultural history is conceived and studied in academia today...
: Démétrios, le preneur de villes. Paris 1992. - Eleonore Frey: État d'urgence. Paris 1992.
- Wolfgang SchivelbuschWolfgang SchivelbuschWolfgang Schivelbusch is a German scholar of cultural studies, historian, and book author.Schivelbusch studied literature, sociology, and philosophy. He has lived in New York since 1973....
: La nuit désenchantée. Paris 1993. - Hans Mayer: Walter Benjamin. Paris 1995.
- Birgit VanderbekeBirgit VanderbekeBirgit Vanderbeke is a German writer.Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main after her family moved to the western part of Germany in 1961. She studied Law, Germanic and Romanic languages...
: Guerre froide. Paris 1997. - Birgit Vanderbeke: Alberta reçoit un amant. Paris 1999.
- Jakob Arjouni: Un ami. Paris 2000.
- Corinne HofmannCorinne HofmannCorinne Hofmann is a Swiss author most famous for her multi-million selling memoir Die weisse Massai .Born on June 4, 1960 to a German father and a French mother, Corinne studied in the canton of Glarus and eventually went into the retail trade...
: La Massaï blanche. Paris 2000. - Melissa MüllerMelissa MüllerMelissa Müller is an Austrian journalist and author.After working as an au pair for some time in London, Müller decided first for a study of the management economics and German Studies, afterwards she worked for different restaurant editorships and magazines.In the mid-1990s she decided to write...
: La vie d'Anne Frank. Paris 2000. - Sibylle Lewitscharoff: Pong. Paris 2000.
- Birgit VanderbekeBirgit VanderbekeBirgit Vanderbeke is a German writer.Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main after her family moved to the western part of Germany in 1961. She studied Law, Germanic and Romanic languages...
: Devine ce que je vois. Paris 2000. - Elke SchmitterElke SchmitterElke Schmitter is a German journalist and novelist.After studying philosophy in Munich, Schmitter worked as a journalist until 1994, when she became a full-time writer....
: Madame Sartoris. Arles 2001. - Lea Singer: Le maître du goût. Paris 2001.
- Wilhelm GenazinoWilhelm GenazinoWilhelm Genazino is a German journalist and author.In the 1960s, he studied German, philosophy and sociology at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He worked as a journalist until 1965. During this time, he worked, inter alia, for the satirical magazine Pardon and co-edited the...
: Un parapluie pour ce jour-là. Paris 2002. - Norbert Lebert: Car tu portes mon nom. Paris 2002.
- Sibylle Lewitscharoff: Harald le courtois. Paris 2002.
- Erich Maria RemarqueErich Maria RemarqueErich Maria Remarque was a German author, best known for his novel All Quiet on the Western Front.-Life and work:...
: Dis-moi que tu m'aimes. Paris 2002. - Wilhelm Genazino: Un appartement, une femme, un roman. Paris 2004.
Translations into German
- Pierre MichonPierre MichonPierre Michon is a French writer. His first novel, Small lives , is widely regarded as a masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He won several prizes for Small lives, The Origin of the World and his body of work...
: Leben der kleinen Toten. Suhrkamp, 2003. - Marguerite DurasMarguerite DurasMarguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.-Background:...
: Hefte aus Kriegszeiten. Suhrkamp, 2007. - Pierre MichonPierre MichonPierre Michon is a French writer. His first novel, Small lives , is widely regarded as a masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He won several prizes for Small lives, The Origin of the World and his body of work...
: Rimbaud der Sohn. Suhrkamp, 2008.
External links
- Interview mit Anne Weber von Schau ins Blau (in German)
- WorldCat
- Goethe (in German)