Petra Morsbach Explained
Petra Morsbach (born 1 June 1956) is a German author.
Life and career
Morsbach was born in Zürich,[1] but grew up in Germany. She studied at Munich University and Leningrad Theater Academy.[2]
Morsbach's first novel, Plötzlich ist es Abend (Suddenly it's Evening), was published in 1995 and follows the life of a Russian woman whose family was prosecuted by Joseph Stalin.[3]
Opernroman, her second novel, was published in 1998 and is based on Morsbach's experience working in theatre for a decade. It is set in the fictional town of Neustadt am Rhein and centers around the local opera company throughout a season.[4]
Her novel Gottesdiener (God's Servant) was published in 2004[5] and follows the life of an elderly Catholic priest.[6]
She won the Jean-Paul-Preis with her 2013 book, Dichterliebe which is centered around a poet who is going through an existential crisis.[7]
Her novel, Justizpalast (Palace of Justice) was published in 2017 and won the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize. The novel is a biography of a fictional judge called Thirza Zorniger. Morsbach spent 9 years researching the justice system for the book.[8]
Bibliography
- Book: Morsbach, Petra . Plötzlich ist es Abend : Roman . Goldmann . [S.l.] . 1997 . 978-3-442-72114-6 . 1200562154 . de.
- Book: Morsbach, Petra . 2 . Opernroman . Btb . [Frankfurt am Main?] . 2000 . 978-3-442-72484-0 . 1330614709.
- Book: Morsbach, Petra . 2 . Gottesdiener : Roman . Eichborn . Frankfurt am Main . 2004 . 3-8218-0893-4 . 54610889 . de.
- Book: Morsbach, Petra . 2 . Dichterliebe Roman . München . 2013 . 978-3-8135-0372-2 . 829410362 . de.
- Book: Morsbach, Petra . Opernroman . Btb . [Frankfurt am Main?] . 2000 . 978-3-442-72484-0 . 1330614709.
- Book: Morsbach, Petra . 2 . Warum Fräulein Laura freundlich war : über die Wahrheit des Erzählens . Piper . München . 2006 . 3-492-04837-4 . 71200293 . de.
- Book: Morsbach, Petra . 2 . Der Cembalospieler : Roman . Piper . München . 2008 . 978-3-492-04838-5 . 251302828 . de.
- Book: Morsbach, Petra . 2 . Albrecht Knaus Verlag . Justizpalast Roman . München . 2017 . 978-3-8135-0373-9 . 984751445 . eu.
- Book: Morsbach, Petra . 2 . Der Elefant im Zimmer über Machtmissbrauch und Widerstand : Essay . München . 2020 . 978-3-328-60074-9 . 1196263550 . de.
Dissertation
- Book: Isaak Babel' auf der sowjetischen Buehne. . 1983 . Peter Lang International Academic Publishers . Bern . 978-3-87690-258-6 . 1125725247 . de . .
Notes and References
- Book: Bründl . Jürgen . Klug . Florian . Zentrum und Peripherie: Theologische Perspektiven auf Kirche und Gesellschaft ; Festschrift für Otmar Meuffels . 2017 . University of Bamberg Press . 978-3-86309-483-6 . de.
- Web site: Jean-Paul-Preis für Petra Morsbach . Mittelbayerische Zeitung . 7 June 2019 . de.
- Web site: Plötzlich ist es Abend . Verlagsgruppe Random House . 7 June 2019 . de.
- Book: Preece . Julian . Finlay . Frank . New German Literature: Life-writing and Dialogue with the Arts . 2007 . Peter Lang . 978-3-03911-384-2 . 225 . en.
- Book: Mäander des Kulturtransfers: Polnischer und deutscher Katholizismus im 20. Jahrhundert . 2014 . Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH . 978-3-8325-3660-2 . 269 . de.
- Web site: Gottesdiener . Verlagsgruppe Random House . 8 June 2019 . de.
- Web site: Petra Morsbach: Dichterliebe . . 8 June 2019 . de-DE . 12 March 2013.
- Web site: Fischer . Thomas . "Justizpalast": Palast der Vergeblichkeit . . 7 June 2019 . de-DE . 13 November 2017.
