Judith Schalansky

{{Short description|German writer, book designer and publisher (born 1980)}}

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| birth_place = Greifswald, East Germany

| occupation = writer, book designer, publisher

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Judith Schalansky (born 20 September 1980) is a German writer, book designer and publisher.{{cite web|url=http://www.theislandreview.com/island-books-judith-schalansky/|title=Island books: Judith Schalansky|publisher=The Island Review|accessdate=11 March 2014|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614112956/http://theislandreview.com/island-books-judith-schalansky/|url-status=dead}}

Work

Her book Atlas of Remote Islands won first prize in the Stiftung Buchkunst's "The Most Beautiful German Books" competition (German: Die schönsten deutschen Bücher) in 2009.{{Cite web|title=Stiftung Buchkunst|url=http://www.stiftung-buchkunst.de/en/best-book-design-from-all-over-the-world.html|access-date=19 June 2020|website=www.stiftung-buchkunst.de|archive-date=19 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619235510/https://www.stiftung-buchkunst.de/en/best-book-design-from-all-over-the-world.html|url-status=dead}} In 2012, she won the same prize for The Giraffe’s Neck.{{Cite web|last=Deutsche Welle|title=Judith Schalansky: 'The Giraffe's Neck' {{!}} DW {{!}} 8 October 2018|url=https://www.dw.com/en/judith-schalansky-the-giraffes-neck/a-45202345|access-date=19 June 2020|website=dw.com|language=en-GB}} Schalansky has degrees in both art history and communication design.{{cite web|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 95247 Schalansky (2002 CH52)|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=95247|accessdate=11 March 2014|publisher=Jet Propulsion Laboratory}} Since 2013, she has been the general editor of the Naturkunden series, published by Matthes & Seitz.{{Cite web|title=Naturkunden – herausgegeben von Judith Schalansky – versandkostenfrei online kaufen – Lehmanns.de|url=https://www.lehmanns.de/listing/3260-naturkunden-herausgegeben-von-judith-schalansky|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.lehmanns.de|language=de}}

Personal life

Schalansky was born in Greifswald.{{cite web | title=Judith Schalansky auf suhrkamp.de | website=Suhrkamp Verlag | date=23 February 2012 | url=https://www.suhrkamp.de/person/judith-schalansky-p-8197 | language=de | access-date=3 December 2022}} She lives in Berlin with her partner, actress Bettina Hoppe.{{cite web|last=Schalansky|first=Judith|date=7 May 2019|title=Ungeheuerliche Hetze|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/eklat-um-rede-von-sibylle-lewitscharoff-ungeheuerliche-hetze-1.1907457|accessdate=7 May 2019|publisher=|via=Sueddeutsche.de}}

The asteroid 95247 Schalansky was named after her in 2011.

Bibliography

{{cite book | last=Schalansky | first=Judith | title=Fraktur mon Amour | publication-place=Mainz | date=2008 | isbn=978-3-87439-748-3 | oclc=263451085 | language=de}}
{{cite book | last=Schalansky | first=Judith |author-mask=2 | title=Blau steht dir nicht : Matrosenroman |trans-title=Blue Doesn't Suit You | publisher=Marebuchverlag | publication-place=Hamburg | date=2008 | isbn=978-3-86648-078-0 | oclc=231681041 | language=de}}
{{cite book | last=Schalansky | first=Judith |author-mask=2 | publisher=Buchbinderei Schaumann | title=Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln fünfzig Inseln, auf denen ich nie war und niemals sein werde | publication-place=Frankfurt, M | date=2010 | isbn=978-3-7632-6315-8 | oclc=612336879 | language=de}}
{{cite book | last=Schalansky | first=Judith |author-mask=2 | title=Der Hals der Giraffe Bildungsroman | publication-place=Berlin | date=2011 | isbn=978-3-518-42177-2 | oclc=740919918 | language=de}}
{{cite book | last=Schalansky | first=Judith |author-mask=2 | author2=Suhrkamp Verlag | title=Verzeichnis einiger Verluste | publication-place=Berlin | date=2018 | isbn=978-3-518-42824-5 | oclc=1031774618 | language=de}}

=English translations=

{{cite book | last=Schalansky | first=Judith | title=Fraktur mon amour | publisher=Princeton Architectural Press | publication-place=New York | date=2008 | isbn=978-1-56898-801-6 | oclc=227018408 | language=de}}
{{cite book | last=Schalansky | first=Judith |author-mask=2 |last2=Lo |first2=Christine | title=Atlas of Remote Islands : fifty islands I have never set foot on and never will | publication-place=New York | date=2010 | isbn=978-0-14-311820-6 | oclc=515457193}}
{{cite book | last=Schalansky | first=Judith |author-mask=2 | last2=Whiteside | first2=Shaun |author-link2=Shaun Whiteside | title=The giraffe's neck : a novel | publication-place=New York | date=2014 | isbn=978-1-62040-338-9 | oclc=849210969}}{{cite news|author=Battersby, Eileen|authorlink=Eileen Battersby|title=Review of The Giraffe's Neck by Judith Schalansky, English edition|date=22 March 2014|newspaper=The Irish Times|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/a-darwinian-bully-under-the-microscope-1.1730998}}
{{cite book | last=Schalansky | first=Judith |author-mask=2 | last2=Smith | first2=Jackie | title=An Inventory of Losses | publication-place=New York | date=2020 | isbn=978-0-8112-2963-0 | oclc=1122913021}}{{cite web | last=Self | first=John | title=An Inventory of Losses by Judith Schalansky review – it can't last | website=The Guardian | date=4 December 2020 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/04/an-inventory-of-losses-by-judith-schalansky-review-it-cant-last | access-date=3 December 2022}}

Awards and honors

2007: Silbermedaille des Art Directors Club Deutschland for Fraktur mon Amour{{cite web | title=Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz räumt ab beim ADC | website=BuchMarkt | date=27 March 2007 | url=https://buchmarkt.de/meldungen/auszeichnungen/verlag-hermann-schmidt-mainz-raumt-ab-beim-adc/ | language=de | access-date=3 December 2022}}
2007: Type Directors Club's Award for Typographic Excellence for Fraktur mon Amour{{cite web | title=About | website=The Krause Essay Prize | date=15 June 2018 | url=https://krauseessayprize.org/winners-2/judith-schalansky/judith-schalansky-about/ | access-date=3 December 2022}}
2009: First Prize, Stiftung Buchkunst's "The Most Beautiful German Books" for Atlas der abgelegenen Inseln{{cite web | title=Von der Magie schöner Bücher | website=Deutschlandfunk Kultur | date=2 September 2022 | url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/buchcover-102.html | language=de | access-date=3 December 2022}}
2012: First Prize, Stiftung Buchkunst's "The Most Beautiful German Books" for Der Hals der Giraffe
2014: Preis der Literaturhäuser
2014: Mainzer Stadtschreiberin{{cite web | title=Stadtschreiberin 2014 | website=Landeshauptstadt Mainz | date=4 February 2015 | url=https://www.mainz.de/kultur-und-wissenschaft/kulturelle-preise-stipendien/stadtschreiberin_2014.php | language=de | access-date=3 December 2022}}
2015: Droste Prize{{cite web | last=Schalansky | first=Judith | title=Droste-Preis 2015 für Judith Schalansky. Nachricht auf suhrkamp.de | website=Suhrkamp Verlag | date=16 June 2021 | url=https://www.suhrkamp.de/nachricht/droste-preis-2015-fuer-judith-schalansky-b-1987 | language=de | access-date=3 December 2022}}
2018: Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize for Verzeichnis einiger Verluste{{cite web | title=Wilhelm-Raabe-Literaturpreis für Judith Schalansky – "Sie erfindet die Dinge quasi neu" | website=Deutschlandfunk | date=25 September 2018 | url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/wilhelm-raabe-literaturpreis-fuer-judith-schalansky-sie-100.html | language=de | access-date=3 December 2022}}
2020: {{ill|Christine Lavant Preis|de}}{{cite web | title=Judith Schalansky erhält Christine Lavant Preis 2020 : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | website=Mainz | date=5 October 2020 | url=https://www.adwmainz.de/nachrichten/artikel/judith-schalansky-erhaelt-christine-lavant-preis-2020.html | language=de | access-date=3 December 2022}}
2020: Nicolas Born Prize{{cite web | title=Nicolas-Born-Preis für Judith Schalansky | website=Die Zeit | date=16 November 2022 | url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2020-12/22/nicolas-born-preis-fuer-judith-schalansky | language=de | ref={{sfnref | ZEIT ONLINE | 2022}} | access-date=3 December 2022}}
2021: Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
2021: Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig{{cite web | last=Schalansky | first=Judith | title=Judith Schalansky receives Gutenberg Prize 2021. News on suhrkamp.de | website=Suhrkamp Verlag | date=16 June 2021 | url=https://www.suhrkamp.de/rights/nachricht/judith-schalansky-receives-gutenberg-prize-2021-b-3290 | language=de | access-date=3 December 2022}}
2022: Carl-Amery-Literaturpreis{{cite web | title=Judith Schalansky erhält den Carl-Amery-Literaturpreis 2022 | website=BuchMarkt | date=18 February 2022 | url=https://buchmarkt.de/meldungen/judith-schalansky-erhaelt-den-carl-amery-literaturpreises-2022/ | language=de | access-date=3 December 2022}}
2024: Royal Society of Literature International Writer{{cite web|url=https://bronasbooks.com/2024/12/10/royal-society-of-literature-international-writers-2024/|title=Royal Society of Literature International Writers 2024|date=10 December 2024|access-date=2 January 2025|website=bronasbooks.com}}

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Category:1980 births

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Category:German non-fiction writers

Category:German women novelists

Category:German lesbian writers

Category:People from Greifswald