Judith Hermann

Paul Gebhardt (Kenyon College)

Ed. by Jennifer Marston William, Purdue University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

Born 15 May 1970
Activity 1998-ongoing

Places

Born in Germany
Active in Germany

Activities

Primary

Film/TV Script-writer/ Screenwriter
Story-writer

Resources

Hermann's Works

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Though the heated critical discussion of Judith Hermann’s debut volume

Sommerhaus, später

[

Summerhouse, Later

, 1998] has ceased, criticism of her work in general has not. Interviewers have raised the question of whether her tremendous success was merely due to an exaggerated media hype. Other critics have regurgitated the old—and, especially in Germany, very popular—truism regarding literary authors: only a full-length novel makes a true writer. Nonetheless, when Hermann published her second book in 2003, it was, again, a volume of short stories. The segment of the world that her stories present has been called limited, the characters spoiled and irresponsible. WWIn 2001, when Hermann received the Heinrich von Kleist Prize, awarded to support authors at the beginning of their…

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Citation: Gebhardt, Paul. "Judith Hermann". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 July 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12839, accessed 21 November 2024.]