Petra Hartmann
Encyclopedia
Petra Hartmann is a German literature scientist, journalist and author.
.
During her studying time she worked as a freelance journalist for several newspapers in Lower Saxony
and Bremerhaven
. After a two years traineeship she became an editor at a daily newspaper in Springe
, where she was working for five years. Now she is a freelance author and journalist.
and fairytales. She won the bronze-medaille of the Storyolympiade three times (1999, 2000 and 2001). In 2008 she won the German Phantastik Price.
She published three novels, which were playing in the fantasy-world Movenna. Her main publisher is Wurdack Publishing. For this publisher she was editor of two anthologies of fairytales, too. Furthermore she wrote novella
s for Arcanum Publishing.
As a literature scientist her main interest is lying on Young Germany (especially Theodor Mundt, Gustav Kühne and Charlotte Stieglitz). She published also essays about Uwe Johnson
, about adaptions of the Faust- and Don Juan-theme, about thematic motifs of fantasy and journalistic writing
Life
Petra Hartmann grew up in Sillium, a little village near Hildesheim. She visited a humanistic secondary school in Hildesheim and studied German language and literature, philosophy and politics at the University of Hannover. Than she made her doctors degree with a thesis about the young German author Theodor MundtTheodor Mundt
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During her studying time she worked as a freelance journalist for several newspapers in Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
and Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...
. After a two years traineeship she became an editor at a daily newspaper in Springe
Springe
Springe is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, southwest of Hanover.-City Structure:* Springe with 12,666 Inhabitants* Bennigsen with 4,095 Inhabitants...
, where she was working for five years. Now she is a freelance author and journalist.
Writing
Petra Hartmann is writing fantasyFantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
and fairytales. She won the bronze-medaille of the Storyolympiade three times (1999, 2000 and 2001). In 2008 she won the German Phantastik Price.
She published three novels, which were playing in the fantasy-world Movenna. Her main publisher is Wurdack Publishing. For this publisher she was editor of two anthologies of fairytales, too. Furthermore she wrote novella
Novella
A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
s for Arcanum Publishing.
As a literature scientist her main interest is lying on Young Germany (especially Theodor Mundt, Gustav Kühne and Charlotte Stieglitz). She published also essays about Uwe Johnson
Uwe Johnson
Uwe Johnson was a German writer, editor, and scholar.- Life :Johnson was born in Kammin in Pomerania . His father was a Swedish-descent peasant from Mecklenburg and his mother was from Pommern...
, about adaptions of the Faust- and Don Juan-theme, about thematic motifs of fantasy and journalistic writing
Books
- Faust und Don Juan. Ein Verschmelzungsprozeß, dargestellt anhand der Autoren Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Nikolaus Lenau, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Gustav Kühne und Theodor Mundt. Stuttgart: ibidem Publishing, 1998. ISBN 3-932602-29-3
- Von Zukunft trunken und keiner Gegenwart voll. Theodor Mundts literarische Entwicklung vom Buch der Bewegung zum historischen Roman. Dissertation. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2003. ISBN 3-89528-390-8
- Geschichten aus Movenna. Nittendorf: Wurdack Publishing, 2004. ISBN 3-938065-00-1
- Ein Prinz für Movenna. Nittendorf: Wurdack, 2007. ISBN 3-938065-24-9
- Zwischen Barrikade, Burgtheater und Beamtenpension. Die jungdeutschen Autoren nach 1835. Stuttgart: ibidem, 2009. ISBN 3-89821-958-5
- Darthula, Tochter der Nebel. Dortmund: Arcanum-Fantasy-Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-3-939139-32-4
- Der Fels der schwarzen Götter. Nittendorf: Wurdack, 2010. ISBN 978-3-938065-64-8
- Die letzte Falkin. Dortmund: Arcanum-Fantasy-Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-3-939139-62-1
- Die Schlagzeile. Munic: PersonalNovel, 2011.
Editorship
- Drachenstarker Feenzauber. Nittendorf: Wurdack, 2007. ISBN 3-938065-28-1
- Wovon träumt der Mond?. Nittendorf: Wurdack, 2008. ISBN 978-3-938065-37-2