In her novel Emmas Glück (Emma’s Bliss) of 2003, translated into nine languages, she included motifs from her hometown in northern
Hesse. It has been her most successful work so far. With its crisp and witty sentences, its deadpan presentation of the improbable and eccentric and its deep sympathy for its cast of misfits, Schreiber's style in this book somewhat recalls that of
Heinrich Böll. A film of this book, directed by
Sven Taddicken and starring
Jördis Triebel and
Jürgen Vogel was released in Germany in 2006; its English title is Emma's Bliss.
Her children's book Sultan und Kotzbrocken (Sultan and Scumbag), first published in 2004, has so far been translated into four languages. It was produced as a theater play in the “Theater Junge Generation” in
Dresden in an adaptation by
Rüdiger Pape (director) and
Jörg Hückler (dramaturgy). The “Theaterkumpanei Ludwigshafen” has produced a bilingual version of the play in an adaptation by
Bärbel Maier; they perform it in German and
Persian, both in Germany and
Iran, at the Fadjr Festival, among others. At the 17th Hamedan Theater Festival ForChirldren&Adults 2010 it won several prices.
Schreiber's book Ihr ständiger Begleiter (Her Constant Companion, subtitle: Fast eine Liebesgeschichte - Almost a Love Story) also draws on her personal history: It is the story of a young woman growing up in a strict and narrow-minded Christian community, as Schreiber did. The novel recounts the heroine's struggle to liberate herself from her pervading relationship with God, who constantly appears to her and with whom she converses familiarly. A Dutch translation of this book appeared in 2007.
Her latest novel Süß wie Schattenmorellen (Sweet as Morello Cherries) is a coming-of-age-story, most of it taking place in a cherry orchard. While in Emma’s Luck Schreiber's topic was the end of life, she writes here about its beginning. A film of this book will be produced by Makido Production/Wien und Weimar, directed by Manuel Siebenmann.[1] Together with him Claudia Schreiber is writing the script and again adopting her own novel.
Awards
In 1989, Claudia Schreiber received the “Journalistenpreis Entwicklungspolitik” (“Journalistic Award for Third World Politics”), sponsored by the
President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Her ZDF television production “Mich hat keiner gefragt – Wie Tony im Westen klarkommt” was awarded the highly respected Prix Jeunesse International for the year 1990.
In 2006, her novel Emmas Glück (Emma’s Luck) received the Euregio-Schüler-Literaturpreis.
Zichermann Family Foundation Award for Best Screenplay for Emmas Glück at the 2006 Hamptons International Film Festival, together with
Ruth Toma.
Her children's book Sultan und Kotzbrocken (Sultan and Scumbag) was included in the list of Germany's Seven Best Books for Young Readers in March and April, 2004.
In 2003, Claudia Schreiber received a grant for screenplay development from the Commissioner of the German Federal Government for Culture and Media.
In 2008, she was awarded a work stipend at the International Writers Colony, Ledig House, in Art Omi, N.Y.
2011 „Scrivere per Amore“ for best Lovestory in Italy for La felicità di Emma (Emmas Glück),
Verona
2012 Claudia Schreiber received a grant for screenplay development from the German Federal Film Board (FFA) for adaption Süß wie Schattenmorellen, now called „Kirsche“, (together with
Manuel Siebenmann)
Works
Moskau ist anders (Moscow Is Different), non-fiction book published under the author's name Claudia Siebert, Claassen, 1994,
ISBN978-3-546-00088-8
Der Auslandskorrespondent (The Foreign Correspondent), novel published under the author's name Claudia Siebert, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne, 1997,
ISBN978-3-462-02660-3
Heimische Männerarten. Ein Bestimmungsbuch (Indigenous Species of Men. A Field Guide), Sanssouci/Hanser, Munich, 2009,
ISBN978-3-8363-0168-8
Oben Himmel unten Gras. Ein Kuhspiel in sechs Akten (Sky Above Grass Below. A Cow Play in Six Acts), Artemis&Winkler, Mannheim, 2010,
ISBN978-3-538-07289-3
Heimische Frauenarten. Ein Bestimmungsbuch (Indigenous Species of Women. A Field Guide), Sanssouci/Hanser, Munich 2010, 978-3-8363-0226-5
Süß wie Schattenmorellen (Sweet as Morello Cherries), novel, Kein & Aber, Zürich and Berlin, 2011,
ISBN978-3-0369-5600-8
Beipackzettel zum Mann : Risks and sideeffekts of love. Humor. Hanser Verlag 2012,
ISBN978-3-8363-0327-9