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born 12 April 1974 in Potsdam |
| © Zaia Alexander |
| apprenticeship as bookseller studied Literature, Psychology and American Studies in Potsdam and New York | |
| 1996 | Kulturfonds Foundation Scholarship |
| 1999 | Brandeburg Crime Novel Scholarship |
| 2000 | Schloß Wiepersdorf Scholarship |
| 2001 | Ernst Willner Prize |
| 2003 | Critics’ Prize for Literature Roswitha von Gandersheim Prize Heinrich Heine Scholarship, Lüneburg |
| 2003/2004 | guest lecturer at the German Institute of Literature (University of Leipzig) |
| 2004 | fellowship at Villa Aurora in LA |
| 2005 | Literature Prize of the City of Bremen Marburg Literature Prize |
| 2007 | Rheingau Literature Prize and Hermann-Hesse Literature Prize for "Kältere Schichten der Luft"; nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize |
| 2009 | author in residence at the University of Technology (UTS) and the University of Western Sydney (UWS), Australia |
| works as freelance author and lives in Potsdam, Germany |
Last update June 2011
