Heike Geißler

Heike Geißler
Heike Geißler, 2018
Born	(1977-04-05)5 April 1977 Riesa, East Germany
Occupation	Author

Heike Geißler (born 5 April 1977) is a German author. She is a recipient of the Alfred Döblin Prize.

Life

Heike Geißler was born in Riesa, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany, on 5 April 1977. She grew up in Riesa and Karl-Marx-Stadt/Chemnitz. In 2001, she received the "Förderpreis" (sponsorship award) of the Alfred Döblin Prize for her novel Rosa, which was published the following year. Her novel Saisonarbeit (2014) was published as Seasonal Associate by Semiotext(e) in English translation by Katy Derbyshire in 2018 to critical acclaim.

She lives in Leipzig.

Awards (selection)

• 2001: Alfred Döblin Prize (Förderpreis)
• 2025: Klopstock-Preis "for her overall literary achievement"

Publications

• Rosa. Roman. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart/München 2002, ISBN 3-421-05605-6.
• Nichts, was tragisch wäre. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-421-04219-4.
• Emma und Pferd Beere. With illustrations by Simone Waßermann, Lubok Verlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-941601-09-3.
• Saisonarbeit. Spector Books, Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-944669-66-3.
  • English-language translation: Seasonal Associate. Translated Katy Derbyshire. Semiotext(e), New York 2018, ISBN 978-1-63590-036-1.
• Die Woche. Roman (in German). Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag. 2022. ISBN 978-3-518-43053-8. OCLC 1277291138.

External links

• Literature by and about Heike Geißler in the German National Library catalogue
• Author homepage
• Profile of Heike Geißler, Deutschlandradio Kultur
• Review of Seasonal Associate (Saisonarbeit) in the New Yorker (19 November 2018)