Anne Weber

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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. 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 French and German. Her self-translations are often published at the same time in France and Germany.

In 2005 she received the 3Sat award at the Festival of German-Language Literature.{{Cite web|url=http://archiv.bachmannpreis.orf.at/bachmannpreisv2/bachmannpreis/information/stories/42826/|title=So begründet man Sieger... – Bachmannpreis|website=archiv.bachmannpreis.orf.at}} For her translation of Pierre Michon she received a European translation award, the Europäischer Übersetzerpreis Offenburg.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fischerverlage.de/autor/anne-weber-1006119|title=Anne Weber|website=S. Fischer Verlage}} She was awarded the 2020 German Book Prize.{{cite news |date=12 October 2020 |title=Deutscher Buchpreis 2020 für Anne Weber |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/autoren/annette-ein-heldinnenepos-deutscher-buchpreis-fuer-anne-weber-16998406.html |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |location=Frankfurt |agency=dpa |access-date=12 October 2020}} In 2021, Weber gave the “Schiller Speech” in the German Literature Archive in Marbach.{{Cite web |last=deutschlandfunkkultur.de |title=Autorin Weber für sorgsamen Umgang mit Freiheit |url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/autorin-weber-fuer-sorgsamen-umgang-mit-freiheit-100.html |access-date=2023-11-13 |website=Deutschlandfunk Kultur |language=de}}

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.{{Cite news |date=2017-07-05 |title=Anne Weber: Die weitverzweigte Suche nach Herkunft {{!}} ZEIT ONLINE |newspaper=Die Zeit |url=http://www.zeit.de/2015/11/anne-weber-ahnen-paris/seite-2 |access-date=2023-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705155003/http://www.zeit.de/2015/11/anne-weber-ahnen-paris/seite-2 |archive-date=2017-07-05 |last1=Cammann |first1=Alexander}}

Works

;Ida

  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Ida invente la poudre. Paris: Seuil, 1998
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — Ida erfindet das Schießpulver. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1999

;In the beginning

  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German only — Im Anfang war. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2000

;First person

  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Première personne. Paris: Seuil, 2001
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — Erste Person. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2002

;Cerberus

  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Cerbère. Paris: Seuil, 2004
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — Besuch bei Zerberus. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2004

;Two novellas

  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — Gold im Mund. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2005
  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Cendres & Métaux. Paris: Seuil, 2006
  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Chers oiseaux. Paris: Seuil, 2006

:The German volume contains the novellas Gold im Mund (Cendres & Métaux) and Liebe Vögel (Chers oiseaux), which were published separately in France.

;All the best

  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Tous mes vœux. Arles: Actes Sud, 2010
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — Luft und Liebe. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2010

;Auguste

  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Auguste, tragédie bourgeoise pour marionnettes. Paris: Le Bruit du Temps, 2010
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — August, ein bürgerliches Puppentrauerspiel. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2011

;Valley of wonders

  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Vallée des merveilles. Paris: Seuil, 2012
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — Tal der Herrlichkeiten. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2012

;Fatherland

  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Vaterland. Paris: Seuil, 2015
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — Ahnen, ein Zeitreisetagebuch. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2015

:The French version does indeed have a German title.

;Kirio

  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Kirio. Paris: Seuil, 2017
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — Kirio. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2017

;Annette

  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Annette, une épopée. Paris: Seuil, 2020
  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — Annette, ein Heldinnenepos. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2020

:The life of Anne Beaumanoir in free verse. The German version won the German Book Prize for 2020.

;Exclusion zones

  • {{flagicon|Germany}} German — Bannmeilen, ein Roman in Streifzügen. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2024
  • {{flagicon|France}} French — Neuf-trois. Paris: Philippe Rey, 2025

:The French title refers to the department number (93) of Seine-Saint-Denis on the outskirts of Paris.

Translations into French

Translations into German

References

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