Odile Kennel

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NationalityGerman
Odile Kennel
Odile Kennel at a poetry festival in Berlin 2018
Odile Kennel at a poetry festival in Berlin 2018
Born1967
Bühl (Baden), West Germany
NationalityGerman
Notable awardsWürth-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.

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