Born on 10th July 1932 in Cologne
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| 1953 - 1954 |
Studies Theatre, German and the History of Art | |
| Until 1959 |
Various occupations | |
| 1959 - 1964 |
Works at the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German broadcasting service)
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| 1964 - 1966 |
Editor with Rowohlt publishing house | |
| 1965 - 1967 | Villa Massimo scholarship in Rome | |
| 1973 |
Director of the Suhrkamp theatre publishing imprint
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| 1974 - 1993 |
Director of the radio-play department at Deutschlandfunk (Germany’s public radio service) | |
| 1987 |
Bremen Literature Prize
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| 1994 |
Peter Huchel Prize for Poetry, Berlin Literature Prize
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| 1995 | Heinrich Böll Prize | |
| 2001 | Uwe Johnson Prize | |
| 2006 | Herrmann Lenz Prize | |
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2009 |
Lives near Cologne Winner of the Schiller Foundation’s Schiller Ring award for literature |
