Bridging facts and imaginative storytelling, "historical fiction“ as a literary genre offers an interesting and unique narrative space for readers as well as writers. Margaret Atwood once defined “historical fiction” as a novel “set in a time before the writer came to consciousness”, meaning the writer is creating a story based on places, times and people he or she can’t have experienced directly…What a daunting task!
On Tuesday, 29th April, prolific German historical crime fiction author Beatrix Mannel (pseudonym: Charlotte Printz) will give us a talk on creating this peculiar literary genre. “How to find the right voice that is period-appropriate but not too olde worlde?” “How much research is just enough?” “How to stay true to the world of your story while remaining attractive to your modern readers?” Whether you are trying to embark on a creative writing journey yourself or you are simply a book lover, this sharing session with Beatrix will give you some interesting insights about this special literary genre.
Beatrix Mannel studied theater studies, modern German literature, comparative literature and Italo-Romance studies in Erlangen, Munich and Perugia. She graduated with a Master of Arts from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich in 1989. After ten years as an editor at various television stations, she now works as a writer and freelance author for radio, television and press. Many of her more than 40 books have been translated into other languages. She is also one of the founders of the Münchner Schreibakademie (The Munich Writing Academy). Among others her novels include IM NETZ DER LÜGEN, DIE RÄTSELHAFTE KLIENTIN, FRÄULEIN KISS TRÄUMT VON DER FREIHEIT, MORDSGIPFEL: KRIMIS AUS DEN BAYERISCHEN BERGEN.
