Odile Kennel

Odile Kennel (born 1967) is a German writer of French origin known for her poetry and prose, as well as her translations.

Life and work Odile Kennel majored in cultural studies and studied political sciences in Tübingen, Berlin and Lisbon. She studied cultural management in Bucharest and Dijon. She grew up bilingual. Besides her own writing, which was represented often in the German media, Odile Kennel translates poetry from the French, Portuguese and Spanish language into German. She also worked for many years as a cultural mediator. Odile Kennel does public readings of her own works on a regular basis. Odile Kennel works and lives in Berlin.

Publications Prose Wimpernflug – eine atemlose Erzählung, Edition Ebersbach, Dortmund 2000 Was Ida sagt. Novel, dtv, Munich 2011, Mit Blick auf See. Novel, dtv, Munich 2017,

Poetry oder wie heißt diese interplanetare Luft, dtv, Munich 2013

Translations (selected works) Jacques Darras: Endlich raus aus dem Wald. 1914 noch einmal von vorne. Ein rasendes Thesengedicht. Translated from French. KLAK-Verlag 2017 Érica Zíngano: Ich weiß nicht, warum. Zeichnungen und Texte für Unica Zürn. Translated from Portuguese, Hochroth Verlag, Berlin 2013 Ricardo Domeneck: Körper: ein Handbuch. Translated from Portuguese, Verlagshaus J. Frank, Berlin 2013 Damaris Calderón: Sprache und Scharfrichter. Translated from Spanish, Parasitenpresse, Cologne 2011 Angélica Freitas: Rilke Shake. Poems, bilingual, translated from Portuguese. Luxbooks, Wiesbaden 2011 Jean Portante: Die Arbeit des Schattens Translated from French. Editions PHI, Esch/Alzette 2005

Awards and stipends 1996: Würth-Literaturpreis 2000: Stipend of the Senate of Berlin 2001: Stipend to stay at Künstlerhaus Lukas by the Kulturfonds foundation 2004: Award of the Rheinsberger Autorinnenforums 2009: Stipend of the German Translators Fund DÜF for the translation of the poetrybook "Rilke Shake" by Angélica Freitas 2011: Stipend of the Foundation Künstlerdorf Schöppingen 2011: Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium 2012: Stipend of the German Translators Fund DÜF for the translation of a poetrybook by Ricardo Domeneck 2013: Gisela-Scherer-Stipendium 2014: Stipend of the Stuttgarter Schriftstellerhaus 2014: 2. winner of Lyrikpreis München 2016: Stipend of the Senate of Berlin 2016: Author of the year, elected by the Autorinnenvereinigung