Biography

 

born 5 November 1974 in Bern (Switzerland)

1999  Leonce and Lena Prize for lyric poetry  
2000 

Book Prize of canton Bern for "Lichter in Menlo Park" 

2001 career grant Bremer Literaturpreis 
2002 3sat-TV Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt
2004 Clemens Brentano Prize 
Book Prize of canton Bern for "Das Gegenteil von Fleisch"
2008 

Book Prize of canton Bern for poetry book "Alle deine Namen" 

2009 

Award of Schweizerische Schillerstiftung for "Alle deine Namen" 

lives in Bern

Last update June 2011
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