Odile Kennel | |
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![]() Odile Kennel at a poetry festival in Berlin 2018 | |
Born | 1967 Bühl (Baden), West Germany |
Nationality | German |
Notable awards | Würth-Literaturpreis 1996 Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium 2011 |
Odile Kennel (born 1967) is a German writer of French origin known for her poetry and prose, as well as her translations.
Odile Kennel majored in cultural studies and studied political sciences in Tübingen, Berlin and Lisbon. She studied cultural management in Bucharest and Dijon. She grew up bilingual. Besides her own writing, which was represented often in the German media, [1] [2] Odile Kennel translates poetry from the French, Portuguese and Spanish language into German. She also worked for many years as a cultural mediator. [3] Odile Kennel does public readings of her own works on a regular basis. [4] Odile Kennel works and lives in Berlin.