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born 21 June 1969 in Viersen |
| © Toby Press |
| studied Philosophy, French and English literature in Freiburg / B | |
| 1997-1999 | trainee teacher in Karlsruhe |
| since 1999 | co-editor of the journal "Konzepte. Literatur zur Zeit" |
| 1999 | Grant of the Society for the Promotion of German Writers in Baden-Württemberg, audience award of the 7th literature contest in Nettetal |
| 2000 | winner of the Berlin open-mike-contest, Moerser Literature Award, scholarship of the 4th Klagenfurt Literature Course |
| 2001 | writer-in-residence in Schwaz, scholarship of the Society for the Promotion of German Writers of Baden-Württemberg |
| 2002 | Marburg Literature Award, scholarships of the Stuttgarter Schriftstellerhaus, the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin and the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg |
| 2003 | Limburg Award, Heinrich Heine Scholarship, North Rhine-Westphalia Award; Kloster Cismar Scholarship |
| 2006 | Sir Walter Scott Award |
| 2008 | Telekom Austria Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann literary competition |
| 2009 |
Niederrheinischer Literature Prize of the city of Krefeld |
| 2009 |
Literature Scholarship of the state of Baden-Württemberg |
| lives in Karlsruhe |
Last update June 2011
