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Adriana Stern is an author, song-writer, gestalt therapist and circus instructor, and she offers writing workshops as a consultant in poetic self-analysis.
Her first publication was an essay which was published by Orlanda Frauenverlag in 1993. This was followed by more essays and short stories on the subject of Jewish life in Germany, anti-Semitism and violence against children and women.
Her first novel was published in 2001 by Argument Verlag; others have followed, while a number of books have not yet been published. Here is a summary of her creative work:
Adriana Stern - WERKSCHAU
Hannah and the Others
Argument Verlag 2001
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Pia's Labyrinth
Argument Verlag 2003
Manuscript: Jockel's Silence
A novel with thriller elements about sexual violence against boys
Manuscript: The Case of Amanda Wagner
A thriller on the subject of child pornography
And then came Sunny
Verlag Jacoby & Stuart 2010
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Manuscript: Illegal
A novel with thriller elements about the situation of asylum seekers' children in Germany
Manuscript: We Shall Not Go To Israel
A developmental novel about Jewish migrant families who come to live in Germany
Published under the name Anna Knupp
Fractures for Some, Departures for Us, in:
Distant Connections - Racism, Anti-Semitism, Class Oppression. Orlanda Frauenverlag 1993
Text Extracts and Poems on the Subject of Sexual Violence
In: Originally Everything Was There. Verlag Frühlings Erwachen 1993
Published under the name Adriana Stern
Project(s) for Girls and Young Women with Differing Abilities and Handicaps
Pillow Fights and Mini-Golf. Bifos - Series of Essays, March 1998
And Sometimes Rage Resulted, on the subject of anti-Semitism in the women's movement. In: Coming-out; a Reader. Argument Verlag 1999
Published under the name Channah Stern
I Can Remember, in: At Home, Homeless? Young Jews and their Future in Germany. Bleicher-Verlag Gerlingen 2002
Pesach - Everywhere and Nowhere, on the theme of Jewish identity in Germany, in Generations, IHRSINN - a radical feminist magazine, May 2002
Stories for a Handbook of School Teaching
Dealing with Diversity / Sexual Orientation and Diversity in Education and Counseling. Published by: The Ministry for Health, Social Life, Women and Families of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf 2004
From Now On Your Name's Marianne - Lesbians and Anti-Semitism in: Staying in Motion - 100 Years of Politics, Culture and Stories about Lesbians. Published by: Gabriele Dennert, Christiane Leidinger, Franziska Rauchut. Querverlag 2007
Manuscript: Mathilde and the Business with the Reverse Magic
An exciting story about the destruction of the environment and children's imagination
Manuscript: Milka and the Secret of the Angels
A novel about the search for one's own Jewish roots in the world of the Torah
Hannah and the Others, Radioropa 2008
Adriana Stern has been writing lyrics and composing her own works since 1986. Her musical instrument is the guitar.
She is a solo song-writer, has composed more than 30 songs to date and appeared in the following cities between 1986 and 2003:
Hamburg / Berlin / Münster / Freiburg / Vienna / Cologne / Frankfurt / Munich / Kiel / Lübeck/ Bremen / Dresden / Ludwigsburg / Oldenburg / Zurich / Hanover / Stuttgart / Bielefeld / Osnabrück / Dortmund / Kassel / Tübingen / Heidelberg / Bochum and Gießen