Born on 21st April 1940 in Lübeck
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| 1959 - 1964 | |
Studies German, History and Philosophy in Freiburg, Munich and Berlin
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| 1965 |
Writes election speeches for SPD politician
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| 1967 - 1969 |
Spokesman for the 1968 student uprising, along with Rudi Dutschke
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| 1967 - 1971 |
Labourer for Bosch; teacher at the renowned Gabbes secondary school and freelancer with various public broadcasting services; refused internship training due to his political views
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| 1972 |
Begins working as a freelance writer
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| 1979 |
Villa Massimo scholarship
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| 1984 |
Working Scholarship for Berlin writers
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| since 1985 |
Writer in Residence and guest lecturer at American universities including Stanford, Princeton, Dartmouth and Harvard
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| 1996/1997 |
Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington D.C.
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| 2000/2001 |
Parker Distinguished Writer in Residence at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
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Lives in Berlin
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