Heike Geißler
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Heike Geißler
Heike Geißler, born in Riesa in 1977, is an author, translator, and co-editor of the series Lücken kann man lesen. Most recently, she published the reportage novel Seasonal Associate (English edition published by Semiotext(e) in 2018). Heike Geißler has been awarded numerous fellowships and prizes. She currently lives in Leipzig.
Heike Geißler, born in Riesa in 1977, is an author, translator, and co-editor of the series Lücken kann man lesen. Most recently, she published the reportage novel Seasonal Associate (English edition published by Semiotext(e) in 2018). Heike Geißler has been awarded numerous fellowships and prizes. She currently lives in Leipzig.
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Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse (shortlist) 2022 for Die Woche
Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse (shortlist) 2022 for Die Woche
PUBLICATIONS
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Year of Publication: 2025
Heike GeißlerYear of Publication: 2025
Despairs
A young girl stands in front of her swimming teacher and begs to finally be put in the advanced group. Yet she can hardly swim at all without help. Her teacher is merciless, the girl descends into despair.
Thirty years later, Heike Geißler is grown up but still despairing – but she's determined to face up to this feeling. What is wrong – with gender roles, heroism, militarisation?...
Year of Publication: 2022
Heike GeißlerYear of Publication: 2022
The Week
»Politics, Europe, the present, everyday life – no one can tell you that it is of no consequence,« the narrator calls out to her friend Constance. Together they are the...
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Heike Geißler Receives the Klopstock Prize for 2025
Suhrkamp author Heike Geißler has won the state of Saxony-Anhalt's highest literary honour for her oeuvre.News