Josiane Kartheiser (born November 28, 1950) is a Luxembourgish journalist, novelist, and writer. She writes mainly in German but also in Luxembourgish. Kartheiser received the Anne Beffort Prize from the City of Luxembourg for her contribution over 25 years to Luxembourg's literary scene at a time when the sector was dominated by men.
Biography Kartheiser was born in Differdange in 1950. Her father was writer Rene Kartheiser (1926–2009).
Kartheiser matriculated from the Lycée des jeunes filles in Luxembourg City. She studied English and American literature at the University of Luxembourg and then from 1971 to 1974 at the University of Kent in Canterbury. After working as a free-lance journalist, she taught Luxembourgish both at Sheffield University and at Luxembourg's Centre de langues until she retired in 2011. She drew on her language knowledge as a contributor to the French-Luxembourgish-English dictionary Parler luxembourgeois – Esou schwätze mir – Living Luxembourgish. She has been a regular contributor to several Luxembourg newspapers including Lëtzebuerger Journal, Tageblatt and Le Jeudi.
Kartheiser's publications since 1978 have extended from short stories and essays to poetry, plays and literary criticism to criminal fiction and children's writing. She has written more than fifteen books of poems. Kartheiser's biography of Dr. Marie-Paule Molitor-Peffer, Ärztin ohne Furcht und Tabus (Doctor without fear and taboos) was published in 2022. Molitor-Peffer was a pioneer of family planning in Luxembourg, campaigning for increased access to contraception and abortion.
In 2016, Kartheiser co-founded with five other women the association Femmes pionnières du Luxembourg. The association aims “to highlight the role of women in the Luxembourg workplace through exhibitions, conferences, and publications”.
Awards In July 2010, Josiane Kartheiser received the Anne Beffort Prize from the City of Luxembourg for her contribution over 25 years to Luxembourg's literary scene at a time when the sector was dominated by men. The award reflected Kartheiser's concern for supporting the place of women in Luxembourg society.
Works Books 1978: flirt mit fesseln, essays, poetry 1989: wenn schreie in mir wachsen, essays, poetry 1981: Linda, short stories 1988: D’Lästermailchen, cabaret, songs, stories 1989: Luxembourg City, tourist guide 1993: Wohlstandsgeschichten, essays, short stories 1996: Als Maisie fliegen lernte, short stories 2000: Das Seepferdchen, short stories 2002: Allein oder mit anderen, short stories, travel articles 2004: Cornel Meder. Ein Porträt, biography 2005: De Marc hätt gär Paangecher, short stories, cabaret 2007: Mäi léiwen Alen!, short stories, cabaret 2009: Hutt Dir och en Holiday Consultant?, cabaret, stories, travel 2011: Geld oder Liewen!?, cabaret, memoirs 2013: Entführe nicht deines Nächsten Weib, crime stories 2014: Die Shabby Chic Tote, crime stories 2014: Gees de mat?, short story 2015: Kauf dir doch ein Leben!, satirical and critical texts, short stories
For children 2004: De Maxi an de Geschichtenerzieler 2012: Dem Lou säin abenteuerleche Summer
Plays 1983: De Kontrakt 1985: Härgottskanner
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External links
Interview with Josiane Kartheiser