Ulrike Almut Sandig Explained

Ulrike Almut Sandig
Birth Place:	Großenhain, East Germany
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	German
Alma Mater:	German Institute for Literature
Awards:	Leonce-und-Lena-Preis (2009) Droste-Preis (2012) Roswitha Prize (2020)

Ulrike Almut Sandig (born 1979) is a German writer. She was born in Großenhain in the former GDR, and has lived in Riesa, Leipzig and Berlin. She studied religious studies and indology at university, and then studied at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig.^[1] She started her writing career by distributing her poems in public places in Leipzig. She has published three volumes of poetry: Zunder (2005/2009), Streumen (2007), and Dickicht (2011). Her first book of short stories titled Flamingos came out in 2010. She has also written for the radio, and published audiobooks.^[2]

She has received numerous prizes, among them the Leonce-und-Lena Prize (2009), the Merano Poetry Prize (2006) and the Droste-Preis for Emerging Talent (German: Literaturförderpreis) (2012). She has also done residencies in Helsinki and Sydney. Her work has been translated into various languages, and an English-language selection of her work, translated by Karen Leeder, was runner-up in the Schlegel-Tieck Prize.^[3] Most recently she was awarded the in 2018, the Roswitha Prize in 2020^[4] and the in 2021.^{[5] [6]}

Sandig lives with her family in Berlin.^[7]

Memberships

• Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz^[8]
• PEN Centre Germany, Darmstadt^[9]

Publications

• Book: Sandig, Ulrike A. . Zunder : Gedichte . Connewitzer Verlagsbuchhdlg . Leipzig . 2005 . 3-937799-16-8 . 69733877 . de.
• Book: Sandig . Ulrike Almut . Göhlich . André . Müller Buchbinderei . Streumen Gedichte . Leipzig . 2007 . 978-3-937799-30-8 . 213394369 . de.
• Book: Sandig, Ulrike A. . Dickicht : Gedichte . Schöffling . Frankfurt am Main . 2011 . 978-3-89561-186-5 . 703207479 . de.
  • Book: Sandig, Ulrike Almut . Flamingos Geschichten . Frankfurt, M . 2012 . 978-3-596-19216-8 . 805356415 . de.
• Book: Sandig, Ulrike A. . Buch gegen das Verschwinden : Geschichten . Frankfurt am Main . 2015 . 978-3-89561-188-9 . 902615837 . de.
• Book: Sandig, Ulrike Almut . Schöffling & Co . Ich bin ein Feld voller Raps, verstecke die Rehe und leuchte wie dreizehn Ölgemälde übereinandergelegt Gedichte . Frankfurt am Main . 2016 . 978-3-89561-189-6 . 949780685 . de.
• Book: Sandig, Ulrike Almut . Ulrike Almut Sandig . Wilhelmshorst . 2016 . 978-3-943708-23-3 . 946743391 . de.
• Book: Buchwald . Christoph . Sandig . Ulrike Almut . Schöffling & Co . Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2017 . Frankfurt am Main . 2017 . 978-3-89561-680-8 . 965629824 . de.
• Book: Sandig, Ulrike A. . Monster wie wir : Roman . Frankfurt am Main . 2020 . 978-3-89561-183-4 . 1196909036 . de. ^[10]
• Book: Sandig, Ulrike A. . Leuchtende Schafe : Gedichte . Frankfurt am Main . 2022 . 978-3-89561-182-7 . 1303211418 . de. ^{[11] [12]}

In English

• Book: Sandig . Ulrike A. . Leeder . Karen J. . Karen Leeder . Thick of it . London . 2018 . 978-0-85742-556-0 . 1019618443.
• Book: Sandig . Ulrike A. . Leeder . Karen J. . Karen Leeder . Grimm . Oxford and London . 2018 . 1019618443.
• Book: Sandig . Ulrike A. . Leeder . Karen J. . Karen Leeder . I am a field full of rapeseed, give cover to deer and shine like thirteen oil paintings laid one on top of the other . London . 2020 . 978-0-85742-737-3 . 1173170562.
• Book: Sandig . Ulrike A. . Leeder . Karen J. . Karen Leeder . Monsters like us . London . 2022 . 978-0-85742-983-4 . 1295106958.

Further reading

• Web site: Der lyrische Kommentar - Vom Wasser . . 22 August 2019 . de . . 28 November 2022.

External links

• • Web site: Ulrike Almut Sandig . Poetry International . 28 November 2022.
• Web site: Ulrike Almut Sandig . Medienstiftung der Sparkasse Leipzig . de . 28 November 2022.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flamingos.
2. Web site: Ulrike Almut Sandig – Contributor(s) – Asymptote Blog.
3. Web site: Sandig . Ulrike Almut . The German Riveter . European Literature Network . 2 January 2020 . 28 November 2022.
4. Web site: Der "Roswitha-Preis 2020" geht an Ulrike Almut Sandig . BuchMarkt . 11 March 2021 . de . 22 July 2021.
5. Web site: Ulrike Almut Sandig – Schöffling & Co. Verlag . Die neuen Bücher 2021 – Schöffling & Co. Verlag . de . 22 July 2021.
6. Web site: Bortoli . Nathalie Isabelle . Uni Bonn feiert zehn Jahre Poetikdozentur: Poetik für die Praxis . RP ONLINE . 11 May 2021 . de . 22 July 2021.
7. Web site: Ulrike Almut Sandig – Schöffling & Co. Verlag . Die neuen Bücher 2022 – Schöffling & Co. Verlag . de . 28 November 2022.
8. Web site: Ulrike Almut Sandig : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur . Mainz . de . 28 November 2022.
9. Web site: Ulrike Almut Sandig - Autorenlexikon . LiteraturPort . 12 September 2011 . de . 28 November 2022.
10. Web site: Missbrauchsroman von Ulrike Almut Sandig - Die Uneindeutigkeit aushalten . Deutschlandfunk . 12 August 2020 . de . 28 November 2022.
11. Web site: Ulrike Almut Sandig: Geister kreisen um Litfaßsäulen . . 1 March 2022 . de . 28 November 2022.
12. Web site: Geisler . Eberhard . "Leuchtende Schafe" von Ulrike Almut Sandig: Zippelonika an guten und an schlechten Tagen . . 10 May 2022 . de . 28 November 2022.