A. L. Kennedy

Alison Louise Kennedy ( born October 22, 1965 in Dundee, Scotland; authors name: AL Kennedy) is a British writer.

Life

She grew up in Dundee and studied from 1983 to 1986 at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England ( Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies and Drama ). She now lives in Glasgow.

Her novels and short stories can also be found in Germany a large readership and recognition from the critics. Up to invitation to dance all of them are published in translations by Ingo Herzke the publisher Klaus Wagenbach. A. L. Kennedy et al awarded the Somerset Maugham Award.

In her works she often combines hard realism with fantastic elements. Funny and serious, tender and brutal moments are close to each other. Sometimes they also used religious allusions. Your most extensive Roman All you need addressed, among others, the writing itself and the literary world.

Occasionally, AL Kennedy on with stand-up comedy. She is a sharp critic of British participation in the Iraq war under Prime Minister Tony Blair and was speaker at anti-war demonstrations. At times, she was also active as a columnist for The Guardian newspaper. From 2002 to 2007 she taught creative writing as a part-time lecturer at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, since 2007 as an associate professor at the University of Warwick.

Many of her work has appeared as a radio play, she also wrote specifically for this radio format. For the Southwest Broadcasting (SWR ) she wrote about previously, the original radio plays Blood Empire and Love, Love, Love - like the Beatles. Their first original radio play Born a Fox was created in 2004 for the BBC and was fox under the title Born a 2012 - As Fuchs was born and produced under the direction of Iris Dröge Kamp for the SWR.

Awards

  • 2007 - Austrian State Prize for European Literature
  • 2007 - COSTA Book Award in the Novel division for Day

Works

  • Track end Happiness ( 2000), novel, ISBN 3-8031-3151-0; orig. Original Bliss (1997 in the eponymous story tape, 1998 as a single issue).
  • Invitation to the Dance (2001), Novel, ISBN 3-88243-890-8; orig. Looking for the Possible Dance ( 1993).
  • Bullfighting (2001), Prose, ISBN 3-8031-3157- X; orig. On Bullfighting (1999).
  • An immaculate man (2001), short stories, ISBN 3-8031-3163-4; orig. some contain in story strap Original Bliss (1997).
  • Everything you need (2002), novel, ISBN 3-8031-2463-8, orig. Everything You Need ( 1999).
  • So I 'm glad (2004), novel, ISBN 3-8031-3186-3; orig. So I Am Glad (1995).
  • Paradise ( 2005), novel, ISBN 3-8031-3196-0; orig. Paradise ( 2004).
  • Day ( 2007), novel, ISBN 978-3-8031-3214-7; orig. Day ( 2007).
  • What is (2009), short stories, ISBN 978-3-8031-3223-9; orig. What Becomes ( 2009).
  • The Blue Book. Novel. (2012), novel, translated by Ingo Herzke. ISBN 978-3-446-23981-4; orig. The Blue Book: A Novel.
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