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Born on 9th October 1962 in Dresden |
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Studies Theatre at the Humboldt University in Berlin | |
| 1987 | Interrupts studies and works as a freelancer with various newspapers | |
| 1989 | Travels through Europe, South-East Asia and the United States | |
| 1992 | Literature Prize of the town of Marburg | |
| 1995 | Peter Huchel Prize; Georg Büchner Prize; member of the German Academy for Language and Literature | |
| 1999 | Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of the Arts | |
| 2000 | Literature Prize of the Salzburg Easter Festival | |
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Friedrich Nietzsche Literature Prize of the federal state of Sachsen-Anhalt | |
| 2006 | Berlin Literature Prize, Premio Pasolini | |
| Lives in Berlin |
