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born 29 March 1953 in Augsburg |
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| studied German, History and Sociology in Berlin | |
| since 1984 | publishes numerous short stories |
| 1998 - 2000 | receives the Brothers Grimm Prize and the literature grant of Lower Saxony; publication of a collection of short stories "Anrufung des Blinden Fisches" and the novel "Libidissi" |
| 2000 | Ingeborg–Bachmann Prize for his novel "Barbar Rosa" |
| 2010 |
Leipzig Book Fair Prize for fiction |
| lives in Berlin and East Frisia |
Last update June 2011
