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Daniela Krien
Foto: Maurice Haas / © Diogenes Verlag

Daniela Krien

Daniela Krien, born in Neu-Kalis, Germany, in 1975, studied communication, media, and cultural studies in Leipzig. Since 2010 she has been a freelance writer. Her debut novel Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything has been published in 18 languages. Her novels Love in Case of Emergency and The Fire were on the bestseller list for months and have been translated into numerous languages. Daniela Krien lives in Leipzig with her two daughters.
 

Movie Adaptations
  • , Emily Atef, 2023
Awards
  • Nominierung von Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen für den ›Deutschen Drehbuchpreis‹ nominiert, 2022
  • Der Brand für ›Lieblingsbuch der Unabhängigen‹ nominiert, 2021
  • Die Liebe im Ernstfall auf der Shortlist für den Literaturpreis ›Text & Sprache‹ des Kulturkreises deutsche Wirtschaft, 2020
  • ›Sächsischer Literaturpreis‹ für ihre bisherigen Prosawerke, 2020
  • Die Liebe im Ernstfall für ›Lieblingsbuch der Unabhängigen‹ nominiert, 2019
  • ›Nicolas-Born-Debütpreis‹ für Muldental (Erzählband), 2015
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»And there it is again – love – and the question of what consistency it actually has. Krien depicts it masterfully.«

Katrin Schumacher / MDR Kultur, Leipzig

»›Knowledge of human nature and the wisdom of life‹ - yes, that may be the secret of Daniela Krien’s literature. A knowledge of human nature and a wisdom that’s reflected in her style.«

Rainer Moritz / Laudatio Sächsischer Literaturpreis

»Daniela Krien is a master of the succinct form.«

Rainer Moritz / Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Cologne

»Krien is masterful when it comes to letting her characters’ everyday lives illuminate the big questions.«

Richard Kämmerlings / Welt am Sonntag, Berlin

»And there it is again – love – and the question of what consistency it actually has. Krien depicts it masterfully.«

Katrin Schumacher / MDR Kultur, Leipzig

»›Knowledge of human nature and the wisdom of life‹ - yes, that may be the secret of Daniela Krien’s literature. A knowledge of human nature and a wisdom that’s reflected in her style.«

Rainer Moritz / Laudatio Sächsischer Literaturpreis

»Daniela Krien is a master of the succinct form.«

Rainer Moritz / Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Cologne

»Krien is masterful when it comes to letting her characters’ everyday lives illuminate the big questions.«

Richard Kämmerlings / Welt am Sonntag, Berlin
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The Fire by Daniela Krien to be published in 8 languages
With French, Croatian and Serbian rights just sold to Albin Michel, Fraktura and Booka, The Fire is [More]
Love in Case of Emergency by Daniela Krien praised by English-speaking media, to be published in 26 languages
British and Irish press are raving about the MacLehose edition of Love in Case of Emergency: »Highly [More]
Daniela Krien’s works make their way in the world – and to the screen
Daniela Krien’s Love in Case of Emergency will be published as Love in Five Acts by MacLehose in Apr [More]
Daniela Krien’s Love in Five Acts to be published in 20 languages
Daniela Krien is keeping us busy. With Estonian rights sold to Varrak, we’re at 20 languages in tota [More]
Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen
Daniela Krien
Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything
General Fiction / 272 pages
2022
Im Warenkorb
Der Brand
Daniela Krien
The Fire
General Fiction / 272 pages
2021
Im Warenkorb
Muldental
Daniela Krien
Muldental
General Fiction / 240 pages
2020
Im Warenkorb
Die Liebe im Ernstfall
Daniela Krien
Love in Case of Emergency
General Fiction / 288 pages
2019
Im Warenkorb
Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything
The Fire
Muldental
Love in Case of Emergency
Die Liebe im Ernstfall
Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen
Die Liebe im Ernstfall
Der Brand
Muldental
Der Brand
Der Brand
Muldental