Uljana Wolf
Uljana Wolf (born 6 April 1979) is a German poet and translator (from English and Polish) known for exploring multilingualism in her work.
Uljana Wolf
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- Name
- Uljana Wolf
- Born
- 6 April 1979
- Birthplace
- East Berlin, East Germany
- Occupation
- Poet, literary translator
- Nationality
- Germany
- Fields
- creative and professional writing · poetry · translation
- Education
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Honours
- Adelbert von Chamisso Prize · Erlangen Literature Prize for Poetry in Translation · Peter-Huchel-Preis · Dresdner Lyrikpreis · Wolfgang Weyrauch Prize · Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo
- Languages
- German
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Uljana Wolf (born 6 April 1979) is a German poet and translator (from English and Polish) known for exploring multilingualism in her work.
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Uljana Wolf studied at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, poetry and translation. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin and New York City. Employment is recorded with New York University. Distinctions recorded are Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, Erlangen Literature Prize for Poetry in Translation, Peter-Huchel-Preis and Dresdner Lyrikpreis.
Uljana Wolf liest auf dem Poesiefestival Berlin 2015
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• Name — Uljana Wolf • Born — 6 April 1979 • Birthplace — East Berlin, East Germany • Occupation — Poet, literary translator • Employer — New York University • Genre — Poetry
Biography
Biography
Uljana Wolf was born in East Berlin in 1979. She studied German studies, cultural studies and English literature in Berlin and Kraków. She teaches German at New York University. She works in both Berlin and New York.
Works in German
Works in German
* * * • Sonne von Ort, a bilingual collaborative erasure of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese and their German translations by Rainer Maria Rilke, in collaboration with Christian Hawkey, (2012) * *
Works in English translation
Works in English translation
• False Friends, translated by Susan Bernofsky, Ugly Duckling Presse (2009) • i mean i dislike that fate that i was made to where, translated by Sophie Seita, Wonder (2015) • Subsisters, translated by Sophie Seita, Belladonna* (2017)
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Uljana Wolf is recorded with the occupation translator. Recorded as having received Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, Erlangen Literature Prize for Poetry in Translation and Peter-Huchel-Preis.
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1979
Uljana Wolf was born on 6 April 1979.
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Awards (selection)
• Peter Huchel Prize (2006) • Dresdner Lyrikpreis (2006) • Media Prize of the RAI broadcaster Bolzano at the Merano Poetry Prize (2008) • Erlanger Prize for Poetry as Translation (2015) • Adelbert von Chamisso Prize (2016) • Villa Massimo fellowship (2017/2018) • International Literature Award (2025)
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- 1.Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung: Akademie-Mitglieder: Uljana Wolf – Selbstvorstellung, abgerufen am 4. April 2025.
- 2.deutschlandfunkkultur.de. Lyrikschreiben ist "Schrumpfarbeit".
- 3.Tomer Gardi gewinnt mit seinem Roman „Eine runde Sache“ den Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse. In: swr.de, veröffentlicht und abgerufen am 17. März 2022.
- 4.Internationaler Literaturpreis erstmals für Lyrik vergeben. zeit.de/dpa. 2025-07-17.
- 5.Verleihung des Ernst Meister-Preises für Lyrik.
- 6."Westfälische Nachrichten", Münster, 30. Dezember 2020.
- 7.Arbeits- und Recherchestipendien für 29 Berliner Autorinnen und Autoren vergeben, Meldung auf Buchmarkt.de vom 26. November 2019, abgerufen am 30. November 2019.
- 8.Kunstpreis Berlin 2019, Akademie der Künste Berlin vom 18. März 2019, abgerufen am 10. April 2019.
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Uljana Wolf worked in creative and professional writing, poetry and translation. She was employed by New York University. She worked at Berlin and New York City. Wolf received Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, Erlangen Literature Prize for Poetry in Translation, Peter-Huchel-Preis, Dresdner Lyrikpreis, Wolfgang Weyrauch Prize and Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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