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Happy 80th, Hanna Johansen! (German-born Swiss author & 2-time HCAA nominee)
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Jun 17, 2019, 3:55:56 PM6/17/19
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Born in Bremen, she now lives in Kilchberg, Switzerland.
She was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994 and 2006. She's also a translator.
At least five books of hers are available in English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Johansen
Excerpt:
"...She studied classical philology, education and German studies at the Universities of Marburg and Göttingen. From 1967 to 1969 she lived in Ithaca, New York, and in 1972 she moved with her then husband Adolf Muschg to Kilchberg, Zurich, where she still lives today.
"Johansen began her literary career as a translator of American avant garde authors, and soon moved on to original work, particularly stories for children. She published her first novel in 1978. She is a member of PEN Switzerland and of the Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt..."
One birthday tribute:
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/kultur/hanna-johansen-feiert-den-80-geburtstag-134627705&prev=search
Hanna Johansen, a grande dame of Swiss literature, celebrates her 80th birthday today. The writer has been living in Kilchberg near Zurich for 47 years.
Born in Bremen in 1939, the war shaped Hanns Johansen's early youth. Only for her third publication, the author received the unanimous applause of literary criticism and readership. In the story "The Illiterate" she reported from the perspective of a five-year-old girl from bombing nights in the bunker.
In 2014, the diary-like novel "Der Herbst, in which I learned to play the piano" was published, for which Johansen received the Swiss Literature Prize. The book tells of the intention to learn something new with more than 70 years - and of the pianistic études that recall memories.
As precise as the facts are, Hanna Johansen assembles them in order to rely on them as she relies on her intuition. "The content of a text comes from the aura of words," she says. This refers to all the culturally conditioned nuances that resonate in one word and make the translation from one language to the other only approximate
"Will I still be able to write?" Johansen wondered before her 80th birthday. Whoever sits opposite her can not imagine otherwise, she is so full of physically noticeable creativeness.
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https://prabook.com/web/hanna.johansen/2328591
(includes some of her awards)
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85037459/
(synopses, including ones in German)
https://www.discogs.com/artist/4870239-Hanna-Johansen
(an album of hers)
7 x 7 tales of a sevensleeper 1985
"A seven-year-old boy identifies with sevensleepers, little squirrel-like creatures who sleep for seven months, and he insists on doing everything in sevens, including going to bed at seven o'clock, eating seven potatoes, and taking seven minutes to wash his face with seven drops of water."
A tomcat's tale 1989
"Felis, a pet cat, tries in vain to educate the ignorant humans who house and feed him, while seeking adventure by night with the other cats in the neighborhood."
The duck and the owl : a children's story 1991
"A duck and an owl contemplate starting a friendship, despite their differences in appearance and behavior."
Dinosaur with an attitude 1992
"Life becomes very complicated for a boy named Zawinul when one of his Easter eggs hatches an inquisitive, far-from-extinct Compsognathus."
Henrietta and the golden eggs 2002
"The persistence of Henrietta, one of 3,333 chickens on a chicken farm, leads to a better life for them all."
Lenona.
She was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994 and 2006. She's also a translator.
At least five books of hers are available in English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Johansen
Excerpt:
"...She studied classical philology, education and German studies at the Universities of Marburg and Göttingen. From 1967 to 1969 she lived in Ithaca, New York, and in 1972 she moved with her then husband Adolf Muschg to Kilchberg, Zurich, where she still lives today.
"Johansen began her literary career as a translator of American avant garde authors, and soon moved on to original work, particularly stories for children. She published her first novel in 1978. She is a member of PEN Switzerland and of the Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt..."
One birthday tribute:
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/kultur/hanna-johansen-feiert-den-80-geburtstag-134627705&prev=search
Hanna Johansen, a grande dame of Swiss literature, celebrates her 80th birthday today. The writer has been living in Kilchberg near Zurich for 47 years.
Born in Bremen in 1939, the war shaped Hanns Johansen's early youth. Only for her third publication, the author received the unanimous applause of literary criticism and readership. In the story "The Illiterate" she reported from the perspective of a five-year-old girl from bombing nights in the bunker.
In 2014, the diary-like novel "Der Herbst, in which I learned to play the piano" was published, for which Johansen received the Swiss Literature Prize. The book tells of the intention to learn something new with more than 70 years - and of the pianistic études that recall memories.
As precise as the facts are, Hanna Johansen assembles them in order to rely on them as she relies on her intuition. "The content of a text comes from the aura of words," she says. This refers to all the culturally conditioned nuances that resonate in one word and make the translation from one language to the other only approximate
"Will I still be able to write?" Johansen wondered before her 80th birthday. Whoever sits opposite her can not imagine otherwise, she is so full of physically noticeable creativeness.
(end)
https://prabook.com/web/hanna.johansen/2328591
(includes some of her awards)
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85037459/
(synopses, including ones in German)
https://www.discogs.com/artist/4870239-Hanna-Johansen
(an album of hers)
7 x 7 tales of a sevensleeper 1985
"A seven-year-old boy identifies with sevensleepers, little squirrel-like creatures who sleep for seven months, and he insists on doing everything in sevens, including going to bed at seven o'clock, eating seven potatoes, and taking seven minutes to wash his face with seven drops of water."
A tomcat's tale 1989
"Felis, a pet cat, tries in vain to educate the ignorant humans who house and feed him, while seeking adventure by night with the other cats in the neighborhood."
The duck and the owl : a children's story 1991
"A duck and an owl contemplate starting a friendship, despite their differences in appearance and behavior."
Dinosaur with an attitude 1992
"Life becomes very complicated for a boy named Zawinul when one of his Easter eggs hatches an inquisitive, far-from-extinct Compsognathus."
Henrietta and the golden eggs 2002
"The persistence of Henrietta, one of 3,333 chickens on a chicken farm, leads to a better life for them all."
Lenona.
leno...@yahoo.com
Jun 17, 2019, 4:17:16 PM6/17/19
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https://www.google.com/search?biw=1600&bih=710&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=ePEHXYnBBOzB_QaPg6DQBg&q=%22hanna+johansen%22+books&oq=%22hanna+johansen%22+books&gs_l=img.3...101999.102733..102989...0.0..0.280.342.1j0j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.6BeKvGMlzoU#imgrc=_
(book covers)
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/search/?q=Hanna%20Johansen;t=author
(three Kirkus reviews)
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56792-210-3
(one PW review)
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/172884.Hanna_Johansen
(reader reviews)
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22hanna+johansen%22&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitoYvvqfHiAhXrV98KHRclCGQQ_AUIEigD&biw=1600&bih=710
(a couple of videos about her books - in German, I'm guessing)
https://www.srf.ch/kultur/literatur/literaturclub-plus-buecher-loswerden-5
(TV appearance from 2014 - in German)
Lenona.
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