Magdalena Schrefel
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Magdalena Schrefel
Magdalena Schrefel, born in 1984, studied European Ethnology in Vienna and Creative Writing in Leipzig. Her play Ein Berg, viele premiered at Schauspiel Leipzig, was produced as a radio play by Bayerischer Rundfunk and awarded the Kleist Advancement Award 2020. Brauchbare Menschen was her first publication with Suhrkamp Verlag. Das Blaue vom Himmel is her debut novel.
Magdalena Schrefel, born in 1984, studied European Ethnology in Vienna and Creative Writing in Leipzig. Her play Ein Berg, viele premiered at Schauspiel Leipzig, was produced as a radio play by Bayerischer Rundfunk and awarded the Kleist Advancement Award 2020. Brauchbare Menschen was her first publication with Suhrkamp Verlag. Das Blaue vom Himmel is her debut novel.
Awards (selection)
Robert-Walser-Preis (Switzerland) 2022 for Brauchbare Menschen
Robert-Walser-Preis (Switzerland) 2022 for Brauchbare Menschen
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Year of Publication: 2026
Magdalena SchrefelYear of Publication: 2026
Sky Blue
What if it were possible to cool the Earth, but the sky would forever lose its blue? Hannah is working for an exhibition that is supposed to collect memories of this blue shortly before a global geo-engineering process will take place. Sulphur particles will be launched into the stratosphere, changing the way that sunlight is refracted. Seas and rivers will fade, and the Blue Planet will be...
Year of Publication: 2022
Magdalena SchrefelYear of Publication: 2022
Usable People
A sex worker’s new colleague is made of silicone. A butcher’s assistant handles ultra-modern killing machines in the »meat factory«. And the trainees of an airport security...
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