Biography

	born 8 June 1963 in Stuttgart

1985 – 1991	studies general linguistics, German literature and philology at the Universities of Bochum and Tübingen
since 1998	works as a freelance writer
2000	fellowship from the Hans-Erich-Nossack-Prize
2001	Christine-Lavant-Prize
2003	Ernst-Meister-Fellowship
2004	Heimrad-Bäcker-Fellowship
2005	receives Anna Seghers Prize
2006	Alfred-Gruber-Prize at Lyrik Prize Meran
2007	residency in Villa Massimo Rome
2008	Peter-Huchel-Prize for "Holzrauch über Heslach"
2008 - 2009	guest professor at Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig (Creative Writing University)
2009	guest professor for poetics at University Hildesheim; Erlangen Literature Prize for Translated Poetry (with Barbara Köhler)
	lives in Berlin