Annette Pehnt (born 1967 in Cologne) is a German writer and literary critic. She lives in Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg.
After graduating from school in 1986 Pehnt performed voluntary social work in Belfast. After a year living in Scotland, she studied English, Celtic studies and German language and literature at the University of Cologne, University of Galway, University of California, Berkeley and University of Freiburg. After her master's degree and the first national examination in 1994, graduation followed in 1997 at the University of Freiburg with a work on Irish literature.
Since 1992 Pehnt, married and mother of three children, has lived as a literature critic and self-employed author in Freiburg and teaches at the University of Hildesheim, where she leads the Institut für Literarisches Schreiben & Literaturwissenschaft.
Awards 2001 2002 Preis der Jury des Ingeborg-Bachmann-Wettbewerbs 2004 Großes Stipendium des Darmstädter Literaturfonds 2008 Thaddäus-Troll-Preis 2009 Italo-Svevo-Preis 2012 Solothurner Literaturpreis 2012 Hermann-Hesse-Preis 2017 Kulturpreis Baden-Württemberg 2020 Rheingau Literatur Preis 2023 Großer Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds
Memberships PEN Centre Germany
Works Novels
Dissertation
For children Pehnt wrote several children books.
Film versions 2012 , director: Nicole Weegmann (TV film, Bayerischer Rundfunk)
References
Further reading
External links
Artists' Prize Kurzrezensionen des Perlentauchers zu "Insel 34"