Ulrike Draesner is a prize-winning writer of novels short stories critical essays and poetry
and one of the foremost authors in Germany today. While a number of volumes have been published
in German on her work the current Companion offers the first volume on Draesner in English
capitalising on the interest in her work in Germany and further afield. Introducing Draesner's
major novels and short stories poetry collections and essays as well as giving an overview of
existing research focusing on migration memory science gender and bodily experience
chapters by international scholars in this volume also break new ground by focussing on visual
culture poetology nature the posthuman and Draesner's reception of English literature and
medieval culture. A comprehensive bibliography commissioned interview and original writing by
Draesner make the volume a valuable research tool for scholars and students. This will become
essential reading for all those interested in Draesner women's writing literature and history
and contemporary German prose and poetry.
