Marjana Gaponenko
As a young girl, the Ukrainian-born author Marjana Gaponenko was afraid of life - something had to change. She began to learn German and discovered a new world.
For her second novel, "Wer ist Martha?" ("Who is Martha?"), she received the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize in 2013.
A fellowship takes her to northern Hesse, the home of the Brothers Grimm, where she has the task of writing a fairy tale.
Credits
50. Fifty years Shaping the future, 2014
Client — Robert Bosch Stiftung
"I had a bad day at the age of 14. I came home and said to my mother: ‘Mother, I am so bored, I am afraid of life, I feel uncomfortable in my skin. Something has to happen, I have to change my life.’ So I decided to learn German."
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Marjana Gaponenko
As a young girl, the Ukrainian-born author Marjana Gaponenko was afraid of life - something had to change. She began to learn German and discovered a new world.
For her second novel, "Wer ist Martha?" ("Who is Martha?"), she received the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize in 2013.
A fellowship takes her to northern Hesse, the home of the Brothers Grimm, where she has the task of writing a fairy tale.
Credits
50. Fifty years Shaping the future, 2014
Client — Robert Bosch Stiftung
"I had a bad day at the age of 14. I came home and said to my mother: ‘Mother, I am so bored, I am afraid of life, I feel uncomfortable in my skin. Something has to happen, I have to change my life.’ So I decided to learn German."