Children's Books, Fiction

Annette Pehnt

Photo: © Peter von Felbert

Annette Pehnt, born 1967 in Cologne, studied English, German Literature and Celtic Studies in Cologne and Freiburg. After studying and working abroad in Ireland, Scotland and the United States, and completing her doctorate at Freiburg University in 1997, she entered on a career as an author of books for both children and adults. Since 2018 she works as a professor for Creative Writing and Cultural Journalism at the University of Hildesheim.

http://www.annette-pehnt.de/

(Updated: 2020)

Awards

  • 2020 Rheingau Literature Prize
  • 2017 Württemberg Culture Prize
  • 2012 Hermann Hesse Literature Prize
  • 2012 Solothurn Literature Prize
  • 2009 Itali Svevo Prize
  • 2008 Thaddäus Troll Prize
  • 2007 North-Rhine Westfalia Children’s Book Prize

More Publications

Alles, was Sie sehen, ist neu
Novel. Piper Verlag, Munich 2020.
 
Lexikon der Liebe
Piper Verlag, Munich 2017.
 
Briefe an Charley
Piper Verlag, Munich 2015.
 
Lexikon der Angst
Piper Verlag, Munich 2013.
 
Mobbing
Novel. Piper Verlag, Munich 2007.
 
Haus der Schildkröten
Novel. Piper Verlag, München 2006.
 
Insel 34
Novel. Piper Verlag, München 2003.
 
Ich muß los
Novel. Piper Verlag, Munich 2001.

Featured Books

Book cover Der Bärbeiss

Der Bärbeiss
[Der Bärbeiss]

Kibitz Verlag

Book cover Chronicle of closeness

Chronik der Nähe
[Chronicle of closeness]

Piper Verlag

Book cover You can even get used to each other wordlessly, it doesn’t have to take long at all

Man kann sich auch wortlos aneinander gewöhnen das muss gar nicht lange dauern
[You can even get used to each other wordlessly, it doesn’t have to take long at all]

Piper Verlag

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