Kathrin Passig

Kathrin Passig
Kathrin Passig
	Passig in 2016
Born	4 June 1970 (age 53); Deggendorf, West Germany (now Germany)
Occupation	Writer
Period	Late 20th – early 21st century
Genre	Non-fiction books, short story
Notable works	You Are Here (2006), Lexikon des Unwissens (2007)
Notable awards	Ingeborg Bachmann Prize ; 2006 ;

Kathrin Passig (born 4 June 1970) is a German author.

Biography

Passig was born in 1970^[1] in Deggendorf, a small town in Lower Bavaria. She is editor and programmer of the blog "Riesenmaschine"^[2]^[3] which received the Grimme Online Award 2006, awarded by the renowned Adolf-Grimme-Institut. The same year, her short story "Sie befinden sich hier" ("You are here") got her the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize.^[4] One of her most successful books is "Lexikon des Unwissens – Worauf es bisher keine Antwort gibt" ("Encyclopedia of Ignorance – Everything we don't know so far") published by Rowohlt in 2007.^[5]

She also works as a translator, among her translations are works by William Leonard Marshall, Bob Dylan, Jacob Weisberg, and Harlan Coben.

Works

with Ira Strübel: Die Wahl der Qual (2000, Rowohlt)
Sie befinden sich hier (2006, transl. You are here by Lucy Powell)
with Holm Friebe: Das nächste große Ding (2007, Rowohlt)
with Aleks Scholz: Lexikon des Unwissens (2007, Rowohlt)
with Ira Strübel: Strübel & Passig. Gesammelte Kolumnen (2007, Verbrecher)
with Sascha Lobo: Dinge geregelt kriegen – ohne einen Funken Selbstdisziplin (2009, Rowohlt)
with Aleks Scholz: Verirren. Eine Anleitung für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene (2010, Rowohlt)
with Aleks Scholz and Kai Schreiber: Das neue Lexikon des Unwissens. (2011, Rowohlt)
with Sascha Lobo: Internet – Segen oder Fluch (2012, Rowohlt)
with Johannes Jander: Weniger schlecht programmieren (2013, O'Reilly)

References

^ "Kathrin Passig". Rowohlt (in German). 1 April 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Riesenmaschine – das brandneue Universum". riesenmaschine.de.
^ "Kathrin Passig". Germanistik University Münster (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Kathrin Passig". Körber-Stiftung (in German). 25 May 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Lexikon des Unwissens – Kathrin Passig, Aleks Scholz". Rowohlt (in German). 5 October 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

External links

Official website

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[Rowohlt_2009-1] "Kathrin Passig". Rowohlt (in German). 1 April 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[2] "Riesenmaschine – das brandneue Universum". riesenmaschine.de.

[Institut-3] "Kathrin Passig". Germanistik University Münster (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[Körber-Stiftung_2011-4] "Kathrin Passig". Körber-Stiftung (in German). 25 May 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[Value_2009-5] "Lexikon des Unwissens – Kathrin Passig, Aleks Scholz". Rowohlt (in German). 5 October 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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Kathrin Passig
Passig in 2016
Born	(1970-06-04) 4 June 1970 (age 53) Deggendorf, West Germany (now Germany)
Occupation	Writer
Period	Late 20th – early 21st century
Genre	Non-fiction books, short story
Notable works	You Are Here (2006), Lexikon des Unwissens (2007)
Notable awards	Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2006