Bernd Sibler, Bavarian Minister of State for science and the arts, presents the certificate of the literature scholarship of the Free State of Bavaria to Anja Utler in 2016.
Anja Utler (born 24 July 1973 inSchwandorf, Germany) is a German poet, essayist and translator.[1]
Anja Utler studied Slavic studies, English studies and speech science. In 2003, she received a doctor's degree from the university ofRegensburg. Her doctoral thesis dealt with the relevance of gender in the work of four Russian women poets (Zinaida Gippius,Elena Guro,Anna Akhmatowa andMarina Tsvetaeva).[2]
In 2004, she published her debut poetry collectionmünden – entzüngeln (engulf-enkindle), which had been awarded theLeonce-und-Lena-Preis the year before. Anja Utler's work is focusing on text in relation to writing and sound. In 2006, Utler publishedbrinnen as both a book and an audio CD with two routes running through the text. In 2009, the collectionjana, vermacht was published as a book containing an acoustic text installation.
In 2007, the Austrian national public broadcasterORF broadcast her audio playsuchrufen, taub (search calling, deaf) which was granted the advancement award of the Karl Sczuka Prize for Works of Radio Art in 2008.[3]
Märchen und Weiblichkeit, Ljudmila Petrushevskajas Kunstmärchen und das russische Volksmärchen. Regensburger Skripten zur Literaturwissenschaft, Regensburg 2000.
"Weibliche Antworten“ auf "menschliche Fragen"? Zur Kategorie Geschlecht in der russischen Lyrik (Z. Gippius, E. Guro, A. Achmatova, M. Cvetaeva) Dissertation, Regensburg, 2004.
Dokumentation der Textinstallationall present is perfect ausjana, vermacht insix memos for the next... Ed. by Jörg van den Berg et al., Verlag für moderne Kunst, Wien 2016.
Counter Position (International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong Series). The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong 2018. ISBN 978-988-237-047-0.
