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born 9 October 1962 in Dresden |
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| studied drama at Humboldt University, Berlin | |
| 1987 | quits university, freelance writer for various magazines |
| 1989 | travels through Europe, to South East Asia and the United States |
| 1992 | receives Literature Award of the City of Marburg |
| 1995 | Peter Huchel Prize, Georg Büchner Prize, becomes a member of the German Academy of Language and Literature |
| 1999 | member of the Academy of Arts Berlin-Brandenburg |
| 2000 | Literature Award of the Salzburg Easter Festival |
| 2004 | Friedrich Nietzsche Literature Award of the State of Sachsen-Anhalt |
| 2005 |
Friedrich-Hölderlin-Prize |
| 2006 |
Berlin Literature Prize and Pier-Paolo-Pasolini Lyric Prize |
| 2008 |
Order Pour le Mérite for accomplishments in the arts and sciences |
| 2009 |
Samuel-Bogumil-Linde-Prize of the cities of Göttingen and Toruñ |
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lives in Berlin |
Last update June 2011
