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born 17 October 1952 in Berlin |
| 1980/1981 | completes a special course at the Johannes R. Becher Institute for German Literature in Leipzig |
| 1982 - 1985 | works banned from publication in the GDR |
| 1982 - 1987 | editor of the literary journal "Mikado"; works as a translator |
| 1987 | emigrates to the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 1989 | guest lectureship in Austin/Texas |
| 1992 | scholarship from Villa Massimo in Rome |
| 1993 | Friedrich Hölderlin Prize |
| 1997 - 2003 |
director of the Studio of Literature and Theatre at Tübingen University |
| 2005 |
writer-in-residence in the city of Rheinsberg |
| 2006 |
Preis der Literaturhäuser (literary award) |
| 2007 |
Max Kade writer-in-residence at Department of German Language and Literatures in Oberlin, Ohio |
| lives in Berlin |
Last update June 2011
