Biography
| Born on 4 July 1966 in Ludwigshafen/Bodensee |
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| Looks after children with mental and physical disabilities in Philadelphia/USA | ||
| Studies German, philosophy, sociology and history in Freiburg and Berlin | ||
| Freelances for several daily newspapers, such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, taz, NRZ, Südkurier | ||
| Receives doctoral degree from Essen University | ||
| Teaches at Dortmund University | ||
| 2002 | Stipend and poetry prize from Northrhine-Westfalia | |
| 2003 | Literature prize „Debüt im Buddenbrookhaus“ (Debut in the Buddenbrook House), Lübeck | |
| lives in Wuppertal | ||
Bibliography
Diamantenfieber : Roman, 2006
Schattenjäger : Roman, 2001
Die schweigenden Feuer : Roman der Herero, 1994
Die verlorenen Jahre : Roman, 1991
Land der wasserlosen Flüsse : Roman, 1989 (published in Germany as „Die Erstgeborenen“, 1991)
Irgendwo in Afrika : Roman (together with Attila Hoffmann), 1986
Im Bunde der Dritte : Roman (together with Attila Hoffmann), 1983
