Angelika Overath (born 17 July 1957 in Karlsruhe) is a German author and journalist.[1]
Overath studied German literature, history, Italian Studies, and cultural studies at the University of Tübingen and wrote a PhD-thesis in 1986 about the colour blue in modern literature.
She regularly works as Writer in Residence for the German Section in the School of Modern Languages, Newcastle University,[2] and at Queen Mary's College, London. She also teaches creative writing for the Swiss Hyperwerk and has founded the Schreibschule Sent which offers seminars in creative writing both in German and Romansch.
Erstausgabe 'Poesias dals prüms pleds'So träume und verschwinde ich. Liebesgedichte von Edip Cansever, Cemal Süreya und Turgut Uyar. Türkisch-Deutsch, herausgegeben und übersetzt zusammen mit Nursel Gülenaz, btb München 2021, ISBN 978-3-44271757 {{isbn}}: Check isbn value: length (help).
Krautwelten. Insel Bücherei 1504, Suhrkamp 2021, ISBN 978-3-458-19504-7.
Schwarzhandel mit dem Himmel/ Marchà nair cul azur. Gedichte Deutsch/Vallader. Telegramme Verlag, Zürich 2022, ISBN 978-3-907198-58-2.
Unschärfen der Liebe. Luchterhand, München 2023, ISBN 978-3-630-87634-4
Engadinerinnen. Frauenleben in einem hohen Tal. Limmat Verlag, Zürich 2024, ISBN 978-3-03926-067-6
^German Writer in Residence Dr. Angelika Overath at Newcastle University. pdf-file, 0.2 MBArchived June 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on November 20, 2010.