Juli Zeh (pronounced[ˈjuː.liˈt͡seː]ⓘ, Julia Barbara Finck, née Zeh; born 30 June 1974) is a German writer and judge. She is known for novels such as The Method (2009), Unterleuten (2016) and About People (2021).
Early life and education
Juli Zeh is the daughter of the lawyer Wolfgang Zeh [de]. She studied law in Passau and Leipzig, passing the Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen – comparable equivalent to the U.S. bar exam – in 2003, and holds a doctorate in international law from Saarland University.[1] She also has a degree from the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig.[2]
With Ilija Trojanow; lit.'Attack on Freedom. Security Madness, Surveillance State and the Dismantling of Civil Rights'; excerpt in English in German Studies Review, 38, no. 2, (2015): 271–284 ISSN0149-7952[11]
2012
(not yet translated)
Die Diktatur der Demokraten. Warum ohne Recht kein Staat zu machen ist
lit.'Your Success'. Written under the pseudonym Manfred Gortz, a fictitious business consultant. The fictitious author and the book were mentioned later in Zeh's novel Unterleuten[12]
2018
(not yet translated)
Das Turbo-Ich. Der Mensch im Kommunikationszeitalter
^"Der erste "Corona"-Roman". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 29 March 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
^Trojanow, Ilija (2010). Angriff auf die Freiheit Sicherheitswahn, Überwachungsstaat und der Abbau bürgerlicher Rechte (in German). München: Dt. Taschenbuch-Verl. ISBN978-3-423-34602-3. OCLC653112112.
^Trojanow, Ilija; Zeh, Juli; Alvizu, Josh; Petersdorff, Marc (2015). "Attack on Freedom: The Surveillance State, Security Obsession, and the Dismantling of Civil Rights". German Studies Review. 38 (2). Project Muse: 271–284. doi:10.1353/gsr.2015.0065. ISSN2164-8646. S2CID159356874.