Ulrike Draesner

Poet, Berlin

Biography: Born in Munich in January 1962. After having studied German and English Literature and Philosophy at the Universities of Munich, Salamanca/Spain and Oxford/England, she worked as a research assistant for 5 years at Munich University. In 1992 she received her Ph.D. In 1993 she stopped her academic carreer in order to engage fully in her writing. She also works as editor, literary critic or author of essays on media and cultural change. Since 1996 she has been living in Berlin. Literary books: gedächtnisschleifen, poems, Frankfurt/M. 1995 anis-o-trop, sonnetts, Hamburg 1997 Lichtpause, novel, Berlin 1998 Reisen unter den Augenlidern, short stories, Wien 1999 : to change the subject, radical translations of Shakespeare‘s sonnetts, Göttingen 2000 für die nacht geheuerte zellen, poems, Munich 2001 The First Reader by Gertrude Stein (translated by Ulrike Draesler), Wien-Klagenfurt 2001 Radio Art: Beziehungsmaschine, BR 1998 dieser Bottich, ach das Ich, BR 1998 on-line projects: participant in null.de, initiated by Thomas Hettche and DuMont Verlag, Köln; constant member of the Autorenforum perlentaucher.de Scientific Monographies: Wege durch erzählte Welten (Ways through narrated worlds). Intertextuelle Verweise als Mittel der Sinnkonstitution in Wolframs 'Parzival', Frankfurt am Main - Berlin - Bern 1993 Verführung. Novellen von Goethe bis Musil, (Seduction. Novellae from Goethe to Musil) edited and commented by Ulrike Draesler, München 1994. Member of the German P.E.N. Most important literary prizes: Förderpreis zum Leonce-und-Lena Preis 1995 Bayerischer Staatsförderpreis für Literatur 1997 foglio-Preis für junge Literatur 1997 short-listed for the Alfred-Döblin-Preis 1999 Hölderlin-Förderpreis 2001   Events with Ulrike Draesner Download/s:   Reading: Dolly und Will – geklonte Shakespeare-Sonette (Audio)