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born 1943 in the Altai Mountains, Mongolia |
| © Uwe Dettmar/ Insel Verlag |
| 1962 - 1968 | studies German at the University of Leipzig |
| 1968 – 1976 | lecturer for German at the University of Ulaanbaatar |
| 1976 - 1987 | works as journalist and translator; in 1981 publication of his first collection of short stories of “Eine tuwanische Geschichte und andere Erzählungen”, written in German |
| 1987 – 1990 | editor of the magazine “Setgüültsch” |
| since 1991 | writing full time |
| 1994 | Adelbert-von-Chamisso Prize |
| 1995 | reunites his nomadic tribe, the Tuwans, in their homeland in the high Altai Mountains |
| 2001 | Heimito-von-Doderer Prize |
| 2002 | Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| lives in Ulaanbaatar |
