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born 17 August 1953 in Nitzkydorf (Romania) |
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grew up as part of the German-speaking minority in Romania | |
| 1973 | studied German and Romanian literature at university in Timişoara (Temeswar) |
| 1973 | association with with Aktionsgruppe Banat, a group of German-speaking authors agitating for freedom of speech under Ceauşescu’s dictatorship |
| 1977 | sacked for refusing to act as an informant for secret police |
| 1982 | debut with short story collection, "Niederungen" |
| 1984 | Aspekte Literature Prize |
| 1987 | emigrated to West Berlin with her husband, author Richard Wagner |
| 1994 | Kleist Prize |
| 1995 | becomes a member of "Deutsche für Sprache und Dichtung", Darmstadt |
| 1997 | Literature Prize of Graz |
| 1998 | International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award for "Land of Green Plums" |
| 1999 |
Franz-Kafka-Prize |
| 2002 | Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille of Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 2003 |
Joseph-Breitbach-Prize |
| 2004 | Literature Prize of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung |
| 2005 |
Berlin Literature Prize |
| 2006 |
Walter-Hasenclever-Prize |
| 2009 | awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| 2010 | Hoffmann von Fallersleben Prize |
| lives in Berlin |
Last update June 2011
