Gabriela Jaskulla
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Gabriela Jaskulla

Gabriela Jaskulla was born in 1962. She grew up in Germany, has lived in Spain, loves Hamburg, small islands and currently lives in Berlin. She is an art historian and journalist, has worked for radio and TV for seventeen years and teaches cultural journalism and creative writing at the University of Hannover.

Gabriela Jaskulla was born in 1962. She grew up in Germany, has lived in Spain, loves Hamburg, small islands and currently lives in Berlin. She is an art historian and journalist, has worked for radio and TV for seventeen years and teaches cultural journalism and creative writing at the University of Hannover.


PUBLICATIONS

Artemisia Gentileschi and a Woman’s Fury
Year of Publication: 2024
Gabriela JaskullaYear of Publication: 2024

»I will show Your Illustrious Lordship what a woman can do.« Artemisia Gentileschi

She was a star – and she was notorious. Artemisia Gentileschi, born in 1593 in Rome, garnered attention in her early years for her talent as a painter. At 17, she suffered her first dramatic stroke of fate when she was raped by her teacher, forced to marry after a high-profile court case, and then had...

Niki de Saint Phalle and the Splendour of Women
Year of Publication: 2022
Gabriela JaskullaYear of Publication: 2022
She was loved and hated, admired as a femme fatale and confronted with sexist insults – artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) certainly challenged her contemporaries. She was famous for her brightly coloured Nanas, the garden sculptures and fountains, her confident public appearances and her »shootings« – but behind all this lies the fate of a sensitive woman who was...
The Autumn Cook
Year of Publication: 2018
Gabriela JaskullaYear of Publication: 2018

Gianna is young, vivacious and ambitious – and she is determined to become a chef. And to be one of the best. Where better to learn the ropes than with those Michelin-starred chefs? Thus her journey leads her from her hometown of Regensburg, via Copenhagen and Navarra, all the way to New Mexico. At four enthralling locations, she learns not only an array of cooking styles from famous and...

September Sea
Year of Publication: 2016
Gabriela JaskullaYear of Publication: 2016

A sailing boat in the storm, the sailors’ fight against the waves warily watched by the inhabitants of a small island in the Baltic Sea. Just another pair of inexperienced landlubbers that were clueless enough to venture out to sea during a storm like this! They have no idea that their tightly-knit group is about to be stirred up by the pair that is about to be shipwrecked on their...

Love at the Baltic Sea
Year of Publication: 2003
Gabriela JaskullaYear of Publication: 2003

A research assignment on a long-forgotten poet brings young German philologist Julia Völcker to a small island in the Baltic Sea. On first glance: the perfect idyll! But here, other rules apply than on the big city on the mainland – as Julia soon experiences first hand.


The islanders form a committed and taciturn group and the newcomer is met with a great deal of...