Sasha Marianna Salzmann
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Sasha Marianna Salzmann
Sasha Salzmann was born in Volgograd in 1985 and grew up in Moscow. In 1995, the family emigrated to Germany. In 2017, Salzmann published the novel Außer sich, which has been translated into 15 languages and received numerous prizes and accolades. Their latest novel, Im Menschen muss alles herrlich sein, was longlisted for the German Book Prize 2021. In 2022, Salzmann received the prestigious Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis.
Sasha Salzmann was born in Volgograd in 1985 and grew up in Moscow. In 1995, the family emigrated to Germany. In 2017, Salzmann published the novel Außer sich, which has been translated into 15 languages and received numerous prizes and accolades. Their latest novel, Im Menschen muss alles herrlich sein, was longlisted for the German Book Prize 2021. In 2022, Salzmann received the prestigious Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis.
Awards (selection)
Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis 2022 (Germany)
Preis der Literaturhäuser 2022 (Germany)
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2021 with Außer sich (Ireland)
Longlisted for the German Book Prize 2021 with Im Menschen muss alles herrlich sein (Germany)
Shortlisted for the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize 2021 with Außer sich (USA)
Shortlisted for the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German...
Preis der Literaturhäuser 2022 (Germany)
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2021 with Außer sich (Ireland)
Longlisted for the German Book Prize 2021 with Im Menschen muss alles herrlich sein (Germany)
Shortlisted for the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize 2021 with Außer sich (USA)
Shortlisted for the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German...
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Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis 2022 (Germany)
Preis der Literaturhäuser 2022 (Germany)
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2021 with Außer sich (Ireland)
Longlisted for the German Book Prize 2021 with Im Menschen muss alles herrlich sein (Germany)
Shortlisted for the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize 2021 with Außer sich (USA)
Shortlisted for the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation 2020 with Außer sich (UK)
Kunstpreis der Akademie der Künste für Darstellende Kunst 2020 (Germany)
Nominated for the Premio Strega Europeo 2019 with Außer sich (Italy)
Shortlisted for the Angelus Central European Literature Award 2019 with Außer sich (Poland)
Grand Prize for Literary Translation 2019 for Außer sich (Portugal)
Shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2017 with Außer sich (Germany)
Ricarda Huch Poetikdozentur für Gender in der literarischen Welt 2019 (Germany)
Literary Prize of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation 2017 for Außer sich (Germany)
Mara-Cassens-Preis 2017 for Außer sich (Germany)
Shortlisted for the ZDF–»Aspekte« Literaturpreis with Außer sich 2017 (Germany)
Mülheimer Publikumspreis 2013 for Muttersprache Mameloschn (Germany)
Preis der Literaturhäuser 2022 (Germany)
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award 2021 with Außer sich (Ireland)
Longlisted for the German Book Prize 2021 with Im Menschen muss alles herrlich sein (Germany)
Shortlisted for the Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize 2021 with Außer sich (USA)
Shortlisted for the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation 2020 with Außer sich (UK)
Kunstpreis der Akademie der Künste für Darstellende Kunst 2020 (Germany)
Nominated for the Premio Strega Europeo 2019 with Außer sich (Italy)
Shortlisted for the Angelus Central European Literature Award 2019 with Außer sich (Poland)
Grand Prize for Literary Translation 2019 for Außer sich (Portugal)
Shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2017 with Außer sich (Germany)
Ricarda Huch Poetikdozentur für Gender in der literarischen Welt 2019 (Germany)
Literary Prize of the Jürgen Ponto Foundation 2017 for Außer sich (Germany)
Mara-Cassens-Preis 2017 for Außer sich (Germany)
Shortlisted for the ZDF–»Aspekte« Literaturpreis with Außer sich 2017 (Germany)
Mülheimer Publikumspreis 2013 for Muttersprache Mameloschn (Germany)
Praise
»Salzmann’s cool, disaffected narrative voice [...] is a wonder to behold.« Kirkus Reviews
»Salzmann’s cool, disaffected narrative voice [...] is a wonder to behold.« Kirkus Reviews
PUBLICATIONS
Latest first
Year of Publication: 2024
Sasha Marianna Salzmann, Ofer WaldmanYear of Publication: 2024
Real Time
In the immediate aftermath of Hamas’ attack on Israel, Sasha Marianna Salzmann and Ofer Waldman began a correspondence to make sense of a world left shaken by the unfolding events. Sending each other letters and text messages, poems and music, the two authors attempt to find a language for the things they are seeing and experiencing – beyond the political events of the day. Ofer Waldman tells of...
Year of Publication: 2021
Sasha Marianna SalzmannYear of Publication: 2021
Glorious People
How can one be »glorious« in a country where corruption and oppression reign, where only those who submit to a restrictive regime survive? And how is one supposed to overcome this...
Rights sold to:
UK & Commonwealth (Pushkin), Portuguese rights (Dom Quixote), France (Christian Bourgois), Italy (Marsilio), Netherlands (Meridiaan), Hungary (Athenaeum), Greece (Patakis), North Macedonia (Antolog), Georgia (Agora)
Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (DAV)
Year of Publication: 2017
Sasha Marianna SalzmannYear of Publication: 2017
Beside Myself
There’s the two of them, since the beginning, twins Alissa and Anton. In the small two-bedroom apartment in Moscow during the post-Soviet years, they dig their fingers into each...
Rights sold to:
English world rights (Text; US/Canada sublicense: The Other Press, US/Canada audio book sublicense: Blackstone), Spanish world rights (Seix Barral), Catalan rights (Més Llibres), Portugal (Dom Quixote), France (Grasset), Italy (Marsilio Editore), Netherlands (Atlas/Contact), Denmark (People’s Press), Sweden (Weyler), Poland (Prószyński), Bulgaria (Black Flamingo), Greece (Patakis), Uzbekistan (Turon-Iqbol), Israel (Matar)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Hungary (Fekete Sas)
DISCOVER
News
WORTMELDUNGEN Literaturpreis 2023: Shortlist nominations for Sasha Marianna Salzmann and Judith Schalansky
The WORTMELDUNGEN Literaturpreis honours excellent literary positions that draw attention to current social injustices.News
Sasha Marianna Salzmann awarded Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis 2022
Salzmann receives the prize for the novel Glorious People.News