Anne Weber (born 13 November 1964) is a German-French author, translator and self-translator.Wolton, Dominique (2006): ''Auteurs et livres de langue française depuis 1990''. Association pour la diffusion de la pensée française, p. 328-332. (in French)

Biography

Since 1983, Anne Weber has lived in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. She studied in Paris and worked for several publishers. Anne Weber started writing and publishing in French, but immediately translated her first book, ''Ida invente la poudre'', into German as ''Ida erfindet das Schießpulver''.Patrice Martin, Christophe Drevet (2001): ''La langue française vue d'ailleurs: 100 entretiens''.Tarik Éditions, p. 286. (in French) Since then she has written each of her books in

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and

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. Her

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s are often published at the same time in

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and

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. In 2005 she received the 3Sat award at the

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. For her

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Pierre Michon Pierre Michon (born 28 March 1945 in Châtelus-le-Marcheix, Creuse) is a French writer. His first novel, ''Small Lives'' (1984), is widely regarded as a genuine masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He has won several prizes for ''Smal ...

she received a European translation award, the

Europäischer Übersetzerpreis Offenburg Europäischer Übersetzerpreis Offenburg is a German literary prize for translators. It was donated in equal parts by the City of Offenburg and the Hubert Burda Foundation in 2005 and has been awarded every two years since 2006 for outstanding cu ...

. She was awarded the 2020

German Book Prize The German Book Prize () is awarded annually, in October, by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association () to the best new German-language novel of the year. The books, published in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, are nominated by their ...

. In 2021, Weber gave the “Schiller Speech” in the German Literature Archive in Marbach. Her partner Antoine Jaccottet, a son of Philippe Jaccottet, works at the publishing house ''Le Bruit de Temps'' and was previously an editor at Gallimard.

Works

;Ida * French — ''Ida invente la poudre''. Paris: Seuil, 1998 * German — ''Ida erfindet das Schießpulver''. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1999 ;In the beginning * German only — ''Im Anfang war''. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2000 ;First person * French — ''Première personne''. Paris: Seuil, 2001 * German — ''Erste Person''. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2002 ;Cerberus * French — ''Cerbère''. Paris: Seuil, 2004 * German — ''Besuch bei Zerberus''. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2004 ;Two novellas * German — ''Gold im Mund''. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2005 * French — ''Cendres & Métaux''. Paris: Seuil, 2006 * French — ''Chers oiseaux''. Paris: Seuil, 2006 :The German volume contains the

novellas A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most novelettes and short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) ...

''Gold im Mund'' (''Cendres & Métaux'') and ''Liebe Vögel'' (''Chers oiseaux''), which were published separately in France. ;All the best * French — ''Tous mes vœux''. Arles: Actes Sud, 2010 * German — ''Luft und Liebe''. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2010 ;Auguste * French — ''Auguste, tragédie bourgeoise pour marionnettes''. Paris: Le Bruit du Temps, 2010 * German — ''August, ein bürgerliches Puppentrauerspiel''. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2011 ;Valley of wonders * French — ''Vallée des merveilles''. Paris: Seuil, 2012 * German — ''Tal der Herrlichkeiten''. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2012 ;Fatherland * French — ''Vaterland''. Paris: Seuil, 2015 * German — ''Ahnen, ein Zeitreisetagebuch''. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2015 :The French version does indeed have a German title. ;Kirio * French — ''Kirio''. Paris: Seuil, 2017 * German — ''Kirio''. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2017 ;Annette * French — ''Annette, une épopée''. Paris: Seuil, 2020 * German — ''Annette, ein Heldinnenepos''. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2020 :The life of

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. The German version won the

for 2020. ;Exclusion zones * German — ''Bannmeilen, ein Roman in Streifzügen''. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2024 * French — ''Neuf-trois''. Paris: Philippe Rey, 2025 :The French title refers to the department number (93) of

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on the outskirts of Paris.

Translations into French

Jacob Burckhardt Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (; ; 25 May 1818 – 8 August 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. His best known work is '' The Civilization of the Renaissance in ...

: ''Démétrios, le preneur de villes''. Paris 1992. * Eleonore Frey: ''État d'urgence''. Paris 1992. *

Wolfgang Schivelbusch Wolfgang Schivelbusch (26 November 1941 – 26 March 2023) was a German scholar of cultural studies, historian, and author. Early life Wolfgang Schivelbusch was born on 26 November 1941 in Berlin. He studied literature, sociology, and philosop ...

: ''La nuit désenchantée''. Paris 1993. *

Hans Mayer Hans Mayer (pseudonym: Martin Seiler; 19 March 1907, Cologne – 19 May 2001, Tübingen) was a German literary scholar. Mayer was also a jurist and social researcher and was internationally recognized as a critic, author and musicologist. Life ...

: ''Walter Benjamin''. Paris 1995. *

Birgit Vanderbeke Birgit Vanderbeke (8 August 1956 – 24 December 2021) was a German writer. Biography Born in Dahme, Brandenburg, Dahme, East Germany, Vanderbeke grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, after her family moved to West Germany in 1961. Vanderbeke st ...

: ''Guerre froide''. Paris 1997. * Birgit Vanderbeke: ''Alberta reçoit un amant''. Paris 1999. *

Jakob Arjouni Jakob Bothe (born Jakob Michelsen; 8 October 1964 – 17 January 2013), better known by his pen name Jakob Arjouni, was a German author. He received the 1992 German Crime Fiction Prize for ''One Man, One Murder''. Life Jakob Arjouni was born ...

: ''Un ami''. Paris 2000. *

Corinne Hofmann Corinne Hofmann (born June 4, 1960) is a German born author living in Switzerland, most famous for her multi-million selling memoir ''Die weisse Massai'' (''The White Masai'').Hofmann, Corine''The White Masai'' HarperCollins, 2005Hawker, Philipp ...

: ''La Massaï blanche''. Paris 2000. *

Melissa Müller Melissa Müller (born 1967 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian journalist and author. She is the author of '' Anne Frank: The Biography,'' which draws on historical documents and personal interviews with those who knew Anne Frank to provide a ful ...

: ''La vie d'Anne Frank''. Paris 2000. *

Sibylle Lewitscharoff Sibylle Lewitscharoff (; 16 April 1954 – 13 May 2023) was a German author. She first wrote in her spare time as a bookkeeper, quitting after her first novel, ''Pong'', appeared in 1998. ''Pong'' was successful with critics and the public, ea ...

: ''Pong''. Paris 2000. *

: ''Devine ce que je vois''. Paris 2000. *

Elke Schmitter Elke Schmitter (born 25 January 1961, Krefeld, West Germany) is a German journalist, novelist and poet. After studying philosophy in Munich, Schmitter worked as a journalist until 1994, when she became a full-time writer. Her first novel to be ...

: ''Madame Sartoris''. Arles 2001. * Lea Singer: ''Le maître du goût''. Paris 2001. *

Wilhelm Genazino Wilhelm Genazino (22 January 1943 – 12 December 2018) was a German journalist and author. He worked first as a journalist for the satirical magazine ''pardon'' and for ''Lesezeichen''. From the early 1970s, he was a freelance writer who became ...

: ''Un parapluie pour ce jour-là''. Paris 2002. *

Norbert Lebert Norbert is a Germanic given name and infrequent surname, from ''nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright". People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 1941), Swiss mathematician * N ...

: ''Car tu portes mon nom''. Paris 2002. * Sibylle Lewitscharoff: ''Harald le courtois''. Paris 2002. *

Erich Maria Remarque Erich Maria Remarque (; ; born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German novelist. His landmark novel '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War ...

: ''Dis-moi que tu m'aimes''. Paris 2002. * Wilhelm Genazino: ''Un appartement, une femme, un roman''. Paris 2004.

Translations into German

: ''Leben der kleinen Toten''. Suhrkamp, 2003. *

Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...

: ''Hefte aus Kriegszeiten''. Suhrkamp, 2007. *

: ''Rimbaud der Sohn''. Suhrkamp, 2008.

References

External links

Interview mit Anne Weber von Schau ins Blau
(in German)
WorldCat

(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Anne 1964 births Living people German women writers 20th-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French women writers German writers in French French writers in German 21st-century French non-fiction writers 21st-century German writers 21st-century French women writers 21st-century German women