Biography

 

born 11 July 1964 in Esslingen 

© Hagen Schnauss

1985-1989  studies archaeology, history of art and dramatics  
1989 Scholarship of Literature granted by the City of Munich
1993 Tukan-Prize
1998 Scholarship of the Villa Massimo in Rom
2000 

"Dienstag" is Audiobook of the Year  

2005 

Heinrich-Heine-Fellowship 

2007/2008 Professorship of poetics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

Last update June 2011
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