Nationality German Years active 1999–present | Name Andrea Heuser | |
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Born October 5, 1972 (age 51) ( 1972-10-05 ) Cologne, Germany Occupation Writer, poet, translator and literary scholar Website Andrea Heuser in: Reimfrei (German) | ||
Moritz Eggert/Andrea Heuser: Linkerhand, excerpt 1 from the opera
Andrea Heuser (born October 5, 1972 in Cologne) is a German writer, poet, translator and literary scholar.
Contents
- Moritz EggertAndrea Heuser Linkerhand excerpt 1 from the opera
- Life and work
- Awards
- Poems set to music
- Publications selection
- Performance of works selection
- References
Life and work
Andrea Heuser has studied German philology, politics and comparative religious studies in Cologne and Bonn. 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 and the University of Television and Film Munich. 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 Munich together with Karin Fellner, Augusta Laar and Gabriele Trinckler. Andrea Heuser is member of the poetry groups Lyrinx and Reimfrei. On the website lyrikline of the Berliner Literaturwerkstatt, Andrea Heuser’s poems can be listened to, as well as her translations of the works of the Lebanese poet Hanane Aad. In 2004 her poems were published at onomato Verlag in Düsseldorf. In 2014 her debut novel was published at Dumont in Cologne.