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born 13 January 1975 in Munich |
| moved to Vienna in 1981 studied Philosophy and Literature | |
| 1998 | BDI scholarship |
| 2000 | scholarship of the Literarische Colloquium, Berlin |
| 2001 | guest lectureship at Mainz University |
| 2003 | scholarship of the Austrian Chancery |
| 2005 | Candide-Prize of the city of Minden |
| 2006 | Heimito-von-Doderer Literature Award, Literature Award of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Heinrich-von-Kleist Prize |
| 2007 | Welt-Literature Prize member of the writers’ forum "Treffen der 13" |
| 2008 |
Per Olof Enquist-Prize |
| 2010 |
Prix Cévennes du roman européen for the french translation of "Ruhm" (Fame) |
| lives in Vienna |
Last update June 2011
