Andrea Heuser (born 5 October 1972 in Cologne) is a German writer, poet, translator and literary scholar.

Life and work

Andrea Heuser has studied German philology, politics and comparative religious studies in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

and

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. In 2008 she earned a doctorate with a dissertation on German-Jewish-literature. Her study was published in 2011 with the title ''Vom Anderen zum Gegenüber. „Jüdischkeit“ in der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur'' (From the Other to the vis-à-vis. “Jewishness“ in German contemporary literature). Andrea Heuser is herself active in the field of literature, with poetry, prose, libretti and musical theatre. She had teaching assignments at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...

and the

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. In the Munich poetic society, "Lyrik Kabinett", she initiated the Autorenwerkstatt (workshop for authors) and the project ''Lust auf Lyrik. Gedichte an Schulen''. (In the mood for poetry. Poems in schools). In addition to that, she moderated a series of poetry events named Lyrik-Plattform in

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together with Karin Fellner, Augusta Laar and Gabriele Trinckler. Andrea Heuser is member of the poetry groups Lyrinx and Reimfrei. On the website lyrikline.org of the Haus für Poesie Berlin, Andrea Heuser's poems can be listened to as well as her translations of the works of the Lebanese woman poet Hanane Aad. In 2004, her poems were published by onomato Verlag in

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. In 2014, her debut

novel A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...

was published at DuMont in Cologne.

Awards

* 2006: Award Preis der Bodenseeländer (IBK) für Lyrik * 2007: Sponsorship grant Wolfgang Weyrauch Prize * 2007: Grant of the Hermann-Sudermann-Stiftung für Autoren * 2009: Sponsorship award of the Literaturpreis Wartholz * 2009: Literary grant Literaturpreis der Landeshauptstadt München * 2010: Working grant from the Deutschen Literaturfonds for her novel Augustas Garten * 2012: Finalist at the

Merano Poetry Prize The Merano Poetry Prize (German: Lyrikpreis Meran) is an international literary prize for German-language poetry that was founded by Alfred Gruber (1929–1998), a South Tyrolian catholic priest and writer. The biennial competition was established ...

* 2016: Literature Scholarship of Bavaria for the novel project ''Das Winkelhaus''

Poems set to music

* 2000: by edition zeitklang * 2002: by amphion-records * 2007: by Eichborn Lido

Publications (selection)

* 2004: ''vor dem verschwinden'' (before disappearing) onomato Verlag, Düsseldorf 2008 * 2014: ''Augustas Garten'' (Augusta's garden) Dumont, Cologne 2014, Andrea Heuser ''Augustas Garten''
/ref> * 2021: ''Wenn wir heimkehren''. (When we come home) Dumont, Cologne 2021,

Performance of works (selection)

* 2002: Dr. Popels fiese Falle (Dr. Bogey's nasty trap, Music:

Moritz Eggert Moritz Eggert (born 25 November 1965 in Heidelberg) is a German composer and pianist. Life Moritz Eggert began his studies in piano and composition in 1975 at Hoch Conservatory, Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt (with Wolfgang Wagenhaeu ...

), Children's opera. Premiere 2002 at Oper Frankfurt, resumption 2007 at Oper Hamburg. * 2007: Rotkäppchen, lauf! (Run, Little Red Riding Hood!), Musical theatre play. Performances 2007 at theatres in Osnabrück (premiere), Munich and Kassel. * 2012: All diese Tage (All these days, Music: Moritz Eggert), Opera. Premiere 2012 at

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References

External links

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Review on ''Vor dem Verschwinden''
in the

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Andrea Heuser
in ''

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Andrea Heuser in ''Poetenladen''
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