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Juli Zeh (pronounced [ˈjuː.li ˈt͡seː] (listen), Julia Barbara Finck, née Zeh; born 30 June 1974 in Bonn) is a German writer and former judge.

Juli Zeh
Born	(1974-06-30) 30 June 1974 (age 48) Bonn, West Germany
Occupation	Writer
Years active	2001–present
Notable awards	Solothurner Literaturpreis (2009)

Biography

Her first book was Adler und Engel (translated into English as Eagles and Angels by Christine Slenczka), which won the 2002 Deutscher Bücherpreis for best debut novel. She traveled through Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2001, which became the basis for the book Die Stille ist ein Geräusch.[1] Her other books are Das Land der Menschen, Schilf (translated into English as Dark Matter by Christine Lo), Alles auf dem Rasen, Kleines Konversationslexikon für Haushunde, Spieltrieb, Ein Hund läuft durch die Republik, Nullzeit and Corpus Delicti (translated into English as The Method by Sally-Ann Spencer).

Zeh lived in Leipzig from 1995, and currently resides outside Berlin. Zeh studied law in Passau and Leipzig, passing the Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen – comparable equivalent to the U.S. bar exam – in 2003, and holds a doctorate in international law from Universität Saarbrücken.[1] Since January 2019, she is an honorary judge at the constitutional court of the state of Brandenburg.[2][3] She also has a degree from the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig.[4]

Zeh was one of the first signers of the Open letter on the German position regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine in April 2022, who demanded not to support Ukraine with arms in order to "prevent a third world war".[5]

Zeh is married and has two children.[1]

Bibliography

Novels

Year	English title	Original title	ISBN	Notes
2001	Eagles and Angels	Adler und Engel	3-442-72926-2
2002	(not yet translated)	Die Stille ist ein Geräusch	978-3-89561-055-4
2004	Gaming Instinct	Spieltrieb	3-89561-056-9
2007	Dark Matter	Schilf	3-89561-431-9	US title: In Free Fall
2009	The Method	Corpus Delicti	978-3-89561-434-7
2012	Decompression	Nullzeit	978-3-89561-436-1
2013	(not yet translated)	Treideln. Frankfurter Poetikvorlesungen	978-3-89561-437-8
2013	Good Morning, Boys and Girls. Plays	Good Morning, Boys and Girls. Theaterstücke	978-3-89561-438-5
2014	(not yet translated)	Nachts sind das Tiere. Essays	978-3-89561-440-8
2016	?	Unterleuten. Roman	978-3-630-874876
2017	Empty Hearts	Leere Herzen. Roman	978-3-630-87523-1
2018	New Year[6]	Neujahr. Roman	978-3-630-87572-9	Translated by Alta L. Price
2021	?	Über Menschen. Roman[7][8]	978-3-630-87667-2

Other

Year	English title	Original title	ISBN	Notes
2002	Even Silence Is a Sound	Die Stille ist ein Geräusch	3-442-73104-6
2004	A Dog Runs through the Republic	Ein Hund läuft durch die Republik	3-89561-057-7	Editor
2005	The Little Encyclopedia for Household Dogs	Kleines Konversationslexikon für Haushunde	3-89561-058-5
2006	The Full Monty	Alles auf dem Rasen	3-89561-059-3
2008	The Land of People	Das Land der Menschen	978-3-89561-432-3
2015	Attack on Freedom: The Surveillance State, Security Obsession, and the Dismantling of Civil Rights[9]	Angriff auf die Freiheit : Sicherheitswahn, Überwachungsstaat und der Abbau bürgerlicher Rechte[10]	978-3-423-34602-3	With Ilija Trojanow, in German Studies Review, 38, no. 2, (2015): 271–284 ISSN 0149-7952

References

Further reading

• Schütz, Wolfgang (6 September 2021). "Juli Zeh: "Wir-Gefühl? Ein demokratiefeindlicher Slogan"". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
• "Juli Zeh". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
• "Juli Zeh aktuell: News der FAZ zur Schriftstellerin". Aktuelle Nachrichten online - FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2021.

External links

• An interview about her social commitment, recent translated books and her recent play, Corpus Delicti, Trouw, September 2008 (in Dutch)
• Interview about Corpus Delicti, the role of state observation and civil disobedience, April 2011 (in German)
• Article about the translation of Corpus Delicti as The Method, April 2012
• Juli Zeh in: NRW Literatur im Netz (in German)

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