Education
Overath studied German literature, History, Italian Studies, and Cultural Studies at the University of Tübingen and wrote a Doctor of Philosophy-thesis in 1986 about the colour blue in modern literature.
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Angelika Overath
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She regularly works as Writer in Residence for the German Section in the School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University, and at Queen Mary"s College, London. She also teaches creative writing for the Swiss Hyperwerk. 1996 Egon-Erwin-Kisch Prize for literary reportage English review in New in German.
Achievements
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1996 Egon-Erwin-Kisch Prize for literary reportage 2002/2003 One-year scholarship of the Deutscher Literaturfonds, Darmstadt 2005 Thaddäus-Troll Prize 2006 Ernst-Willner-Prize at the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Competition 2007/2008 Writer in Residence at Queen Mary and Westfield College London 2008 Swiss prize for independent journalism 2009 Longlist for the German Book Prize by the Börsenverein Deutscher Buchhandel 2009 Shortlist for the Swiss Book Prize.
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Germany
Awards
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Egon-Erwin-Kisch-Preis Swiss Book Prize; German Book Prize
The German Book Prize is awarded annually in October by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, the German Publishers and ellers Association, to the best German language novel of the year.; The Swiss Book Prize is a literary award awarded annually by a jury on behalf of the Swiss ellers' Association.The German Book Prize is awarded annually in October by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, the German Publishers and ellers Association, to the best German language novel of the year.; The Swiss Book Prize is a literary award awarded annually by a jury on behalf of the Swiss ellers' Association.