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==Biography== |
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Caroline Wahl grew up with three siblings near [[Heidelberg]] and [[Stuttgart]] and after her school days, she studied [[German studies|German Studies]] and [[German literature|German Literature]] in [[Tübingen]] and [[Berlin]]. After that and among other things, she worked as a publishing assistant of the [[Diogenes Verlag]] in [[Zürich]]. During this time, Caroline Wahl wrote her first novel, ''22 Bahnen'', in three months. Her love of the [[sea]] led her to [[Northern Germany]] in 2022, where she worked for a communications agency in [[Rostock]]. Since the success of her debut novel, she lives as an independent author in the [[Hanseatic League|Hansestadt]]. |
Caroline Wahl grew up with three siblings near [[Heidelberg]] and [[Stuttgart]] and after her school days, she studied [[German studies|German Studies]] and [[German literature|German Literature]] in [[Tübingen]] and [[Berlin]]. After that and among other things, she worked as a publishing assistant of the [[Diogenes Verlag]] in [[Zürich]]. During this time, Caroline Wahl wrote her first novel, ''22 Bahnen'', in three months.<ref name="wahl1">{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-01 |author=[[Melanie Mühl]] |date=2023-10-21 |language=de |title=Wie schreibt man einen Bestseller? |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buchmesse/eine-autorin-ein-lektor-und-eine-buchhaendlerin-ueber-bestseller-19257716.html |website=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Her love of the [[sea]] led her to [[Northern Germany]] in 2022, where she worked for a communications agency in [[Rostock]]. Since the success of her debut novel, she lives as an independent author in the [[Hanseatic League|Hansestadt]].<ref name="wahl2">{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-07 |author=Lenore Lötsch |date=2023-04-19 |language=de |title=Rostocker Autorin begeistert mit Debütroman "22 Bahnen" |url=https://www.ndr.de/kultur/buch/Rostocker-Autorin-begeistert-mit-Debuetroman-22-Bahnen,bahnen100.html |website=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]]}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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==Literary Works== |
==Literary Works== |
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Her debut novel, ''22 Bahnen'', was published in April 2023 by the [[Cologne]]-based DuMont Buchverlag, after seven publishers in total showed interest in the story. The author describes the everyday- and family life of the student Tilda, from a [[first-person perspective]]. Amidst this, she |
Her debut novel, ''22 Bahnen'', was published in April 2023 by the [[Cologne]]-based DuMont Buchverlag, after seven publishers in total showed interest in the story.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-07 |date=2023-05-02 |language=de |title=Rostockerin begeistert mit Erstlingswerk |url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/nordmagazin/22-bahnen-rostockerin-begeistert-mit-erstlingswerk/ndr/Y3JpZDovL25kci5kZS9iNzNkMTQzNi05OWI1LTQ5NzItYjM1NS0xNjVjZmYwMmFjNGQ |website=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]]}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The author describes the everyday- and family life of the student Tilda, from a [[first-person perspective]]. Amidst this, she cannot simply focus entirely on her demanding [[mathematics]] studies, but because her mother is an [[Alcoholism|alcoholic]] and their fathers have left the family, she also has to look after her 11-year-old half-sister Ida.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-07 |language=en |title=22 Lengths |url=https://www.new-books-in-german.com/recommendations/22-lengths/ |website=www.new-books-in-german.com}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name="wahl3">{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-07 |author=Claudia Ingenhoven |date=2023-05-08 |language=de |title=NDR Buch des Monats Mai: "22 Bahnen" von Caroline Wahl |url=https://www.ndr.de/kultur/buch/buchdesmonats/NDR-Buch-des-Monats-Mai-22-Bahnen-von-Caroline-Wahl,wahl2540.html |website=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]]}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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Reviewers of the novel, like [[Elke Heidenreich]], [[Christine Westermann]] or [[Denis Scheck]] affirm that the author has found a poignant [[writing style]], in which the destiny of both sisters can be authentically perceived by the reader, without the author addressing the reasons for the mother's [[alcoholism]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-07 |date=2023-04-16 |language=de |title=»Danach hat man fast wieder Lust, in ein Schwimmbad zu gehen« |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/buch-tipps-mit-elke-heidenreich-caroline-wahl-22-bahnen-dana-spiotta-unberechenbar-a-f2e61d7d-d48a-4a8b-90a4-b8fbb0b7fdf3 |website=[[Der Spiegel]]}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-07 |date=2023-08-06 |language=de |title=22 Bahnen: Ein Roman über eine Kleinfamilie |url=https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr2/themen/lesen-buchtipps/caroline-wahl-zweiundzwanzig-bahnen-100.html |website=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]]}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-07 |date=2023-09-08 |language=de |title=Denis Scheck bespricht die erfolgreichsten Bücher |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/denis-scheck-bespricht-die-erfolgreichsten-bucher-erhellende-lekturen-klassismus-und-mist-10437202.html |website=[[Tagesspiegel]]}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-07 |author=[[Günter Helmes]] |date=2023-12-14 |language=de |title=Neue Frauen hat das Land |url=https://literaturkritik.de/wahl-22-bahnen,30162.html |website=[[literaturkritik.de]]}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2024-02-07 |language=de |title=Caroline Wahl – 22 Bahnen |url=https://www.juliteratur.de/rezensionen/caroline-wahl-22-bahnen-rezension/ |website=juliteratur.de}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |
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Reviewers of the novel, like [[Elke Heidenreich]], [[Christine Westermann]] or [[Denis Scheck]] affirm that the author has found a poignant [[writing style]], in which the destiny of both sisters can be authentically perceived by the reader, without the author addressing the reasons for the mother's [[alcoholism]]. |
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====Comments on translation==== |
====Comments on translation==== |
Latest revision as of 09:13, 16 May 2024
FIRST PART
[edit]Caroline Wahl (* 1995 in Mainz) ist eine deutsche Schriftstellerin.
Leben
[edit]Caroline Wahl wuchs zusammen mit drei Geschwistern in der Nähe von Heidelberg und Stuttgart auf und studierte nach ihrer Schulzeit Germanistik und Deutsche Literatur in Tübingen und Berlin. Danach war sie unter anderem als Verlagsassistentin für den Diogenes Verlag in Zürich tätig. In dieser Zeit schrieb Caroline Wahl innerhalb von 3 Monaten ihren ersten Roman 22 Bahnen.[1] Auch ihre Liebe zum Meer führte sie 2022 nach Norddeutschland, wo sie in Rostock für eine Kommunikationsagentur tätig war. Seit dem Erfolg ihres Debütromans lebt sie als freie Schriftstellerin in der Hansestadt.[2]
Schriftstellerische Werke
[edit]Ihr Debütroman 22 Bahnen wurde im April 2023 vom Kölner DuMont Buchverlag veröffentlicht, nachdem insgesamt 7 Verlage Interesse an der Erzählung gezeigt hatten.[3] Die Autorin schildert darin aus der Ich-Perspektive der Studentin Tilda über deren Alltag und Familienleben. Dabei kann sich Tilda nicht nur auf ihr anspruchsvolles Mathematikstudium konzentrieren, sondern muss sich, weil die Mutter alkoholkrank ist und Väter die Familie verlassen haben, auch um die 11-jährige Halbschwester Ida kümmern.[4][5]
Rezensenten des Romans wie Elke Heidenreich, Christine Westermann oder Denis Scheck bestätigen, dass die Autorin einen ergreifenden Schreibstil gefunden hat, bei welchem das Schicksal der beiden Schwestern von den Lesern authentisch wahrgenommen werden kann, ohne dass die Autorin auf die Gründe für die Alkoholsucht der Mutter eingeht.[6][7][8][9][10]
Translation
[edit]Caroline Wahl (*1995 in Mainz) is a German author.
Biography
[edit]Caroline Wahl grew up with three siblings near Heidelberg and Stuttgart and after her school days, she studied German Studies and German Literature in Tübingen and Berlin. After that and among other things, she worked as a publishing assistant of the Diogenes Verlag in Zürich. During this time, Caroline Wahl wrote her first novel, 22 Bahnen, in three months.[1] Her love of the sea led her to Northern Germany in 2022, where she worked for a communications agency in Rostock. Since the success of her debut novel, she lives as an independent author in the Hansestadt.[2]
Literary Works
[edit]Her debut novel, 22 Bahnen, was published in April 2023 by the Cologne-based DuMont Buchverlag, after seven publishers in total showed interest in the story.[11] The author describes the everyday- and family life of the student Tilda, from a first-person perspective. Amidst this, she cannot simply focus entirely on her demanding mathematics studies, but because her mother is an alcoholic and their fathers have left the family, she also has to look after her 11-year-old half-sister Ida.[12][5]
Reviewers of the novel, like Elke Heidenreich, Christine Westermann or Denis Scheck affirm that the author has found a poignant writing style, in which the destiny of both sisters can be authentically perceived by the reader, without the author addressing the reasons for the mother's alcoholism.[13][14][15][16][17]
Comments on translation
[edit]Looks mostly good to me!
Though one sentence seemed a little weird, I'd write something like
"Amidst this, she cannot simply focus entirely on her demanding [...]"
Finally I would add the references from the German part back into the English translation too! (I just copied the ref tags myself, afaik they have an auto translation)
SECOND PART
[edit]Dabei hat die Schriftstellerin keine eigenen Erfahrungen mit Suchtproblemen im familiären Umfeld, führte jedoch unter anderem Gespräche mit Personen, welche in Suchtstationen arbeiten, um die Thematik realistisch wiederzugeben.[18]
Caroline Wahl wollte immer einen Roman über eine starke, eigenwillige, aber auch sensible junge Frau schreiben und sieht hier insbesondere die Romane von Alina Bronsky Scherbenpark, Angelika Klüssendorf Das Mädchen sowie Spieltrieb von Juli Zeh als Vorbild.[2] Der Stil und Thema des Romans sprechen dabei auch insbesondere jugendliche Leser an, so wurde 22 Bahnen bald nach seiner Veröffentlichung beim Sozialen Netzwerk BookTok besprochen.[1] Der Norddeutsche Rundfunk wählte die Erzählung zum NDR-Buch des Monats Mai 2023.[5]
Auf der Spiegel-Bestsellerliste konnte sich der Roman 30 Wochen unter den Top-20 im Kalenderjahr 2023 platzieren und wurde in diesem Jahr mehr als 100.000 Mal in Deutschland verkauft.[19] In seinem Erscheinungsjahr erhielt die Erzählung den Buchpreis der Stiftung Ravensburger Verlag, den Bayern-2-Publikumspreis, den Ulla-Hahn-Autorenpreis, den Grimmelshausen-Förderpreis und wurde zum Lieblingsbuch des unabhängigen Buchhandels gewählt.
Im Jahr 2024 erscheint mit dem Titel Windstärke 17 der zweite Roman der Autorin, welcher auf der Insel Rügen spielt und dann insbesondere das weiter Leben der schon bekannten Romanfigur Ida thematisiert.[20]
- 22 Bahnen, Roman. DUMONT-Buchverlag, Köln 2023, ISBN 978-3-8321-6045-6.
- Windstärke 17, Roman. DUMONT-Buchverlag, Köln 2024, ISBN 978-3-8321-6841-4.
Weblinks
[edit]- Literature by and about OberMegaTrans/ss2024/Caroline Wahl in the German National Library catalogue
- Vorstellung der Autorin auf der Verlagshomepage
- Interview mit der Autorin in der Frankfurter Rundschau vom 7. Juli 2023
Einzelnachweise
[edit]- ^ a b c Melanie Mühl (2023-10-21). "Wie schreibt man einen Bestseller?". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ a b c Lenore Lötsch (2023-04-19). "Rostocker Autorin begeistert mit Debütroman "22 Bahnen"". NDR (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Rostockerin begeistert mit Erstlingswerk". NDR (in German). 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "22 Lengths". www.new-books-in-german.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ a b c Claudia Ingenhoven (2023-05-08). "NDR Buch des Monats Mai: "22 Bahnen" von Caroline Wahl". NDR (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "»Danach hat man fast wieder Lust, in ein Schwimmbad zu gehen«". Der Spiegel (in German). 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "22 Bahnen: Ein Roman über eine Kleinfamilie". WDR (in German). 2023-08-06. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Denis Scheck bespricht die erfolgreichsten Bücher". Tagesspiegel (in German). 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Günter Helmes (2023-12-14). "Neue Frauen hat das Land". literaturkritik.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Caroline Wahl – 22 Bahnen". juliteratur.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Rostockerin begeistert mit Erstlingswerk". NDR (in German). 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "22 Lengths". www.new-books-in-german.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "»Danach hat man fast wieder Lust, in ein Schwimmbad zu gehen«". Der Spiegel (in German). 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "22 Bahnen: Ein Roman über eine Kleinfamilie". WDR (in German). 2023-08-06. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Denis Scheck bespricht die erfolgreichsten Bücher". Tagesspiegel (in German). 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Günter Helmes (2023-12-14). "Neue Frauen hat das Land". literaturkritik.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Caroline Wahl – 22 Bahnen". juliteratur.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Caroline Wahls Debütroman stürmt die Bestsellerlisten". SWR (in German). 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Spiegel-Bestseller Hardcover Belletristik – 22 Bahnen, Caroline Wahl". Buchreport (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ ""Windstärke 17": Caroline Wahl über die Fortsetzung von "22 Bahnen"". NDR (in German). 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
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Kategorie:Literatur (21. Jahrhundert)
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Translation
[edit]The writer herself has no experience of addiction problems within her family, but she talked, among other things, with people who work on the addiction wards in order to portrary the subject realistically.[1]
Caroline Wahl has always wanted to write a novel about a strong, self-wiled but also sensible young woman and particularly the novels by Alina Bronsky Scherbenpark, Angelika Klüssendorf Das Mädchen as well asSpieltrieb by Juli Zeh functioned as a role model for her.[2]. The novel's style and subject especially appeal to young readers, and 22 Bahnen was discussed on the social network BookTok soon after its publication. The German radio and television broadcasting corporation Norddeutscher Rundfunk chose the story to be the NDR's book of the month in may 2023. [3]
The novel could place itself among the top 20 on the Spiegel's bestsellerlist in the calendar year 2023 and it has been sold more than 100,000 times in the same year.[4]
In its year of publication the story received the book price of Stiftung Ravensburger Verlag, the German literature prices Ulla-Hahn-Autorenpreis as well as Grimmelshausen-Förderpreis, and it was chosen to be the favourite novel of independent bookshops.
In 2024, the author's second novel "Windstärke 17" will be published. It is set on the island of Ruegen and deals with the future life of Ida, a character already introduced in the first novel.
- 22 Bahnen, novel. DUMONT-Buchverlag, Köln 2023, ISBN 978-3-8321-6045-6.
- Windstärke 17, novel. DUMONT-Buchverlag, Köln 2024, ISBN 978-3-8321-6841-4.
Comment
[edit]I think your translation is really good! There are, however, a few really minor things that I would change. Could be up to personal preference though! I know, that in the first sentence “own experience” is correct regarding the original sentence. I would leave out the “own”, because I think it sounds better :D. And, I would probably change “Work on the addiction wards” to “work in addiction wards”. In “particularly functioned as a role model”, I would put “particularly” before. So it would be “and particularly the novels by Alina Bronsky…” As for the endings, I think both work fine :). The second one, to me, sounds a little bit more natural, but the first is more accurate to the initial article. But no worries, if you don’t agree! :D
References
[edit]- ^ "Caroline Wahls Debütroman stürmt die Bestsellerlisten". SWR (in German). 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Spiegel-Bestseller Hardcover Belletristik – 22 Bahnen, Caroline Wahl". Buchreport (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-07.