Born in 1968 in Dresden
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| Military service as a tank commander for the NVA (National People’s Army) | ||
| Place to study medicine withdrawn by the regiment’s political officer on the grounds of ‘political sabotage’ | ||
| Assistant on brown coal excavators; assistant lathe operator at an alternator factory | ||
| 1989 | Imprisoned by the GDR authorities at the time of the 1989 uprising | |
| 1990 | Works as an attendant at an intensive care unit in Dresden | |
| Studies medicine in Leipzig, Dresden and New York | ||
| Doctor at an emergency surgery clinic in Munich | ||
| 2002 | The Meran Poetry and Verse Förderpreis, a prize intended to promote and encourage the work of a talented young writer; Literature grant from the federal state of Sachsen | |
| 2003 | Christine Lavant Poetry Prize | |
| 2004 |
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Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for Der Schlaf in den Uhren ('The Sleep in the Clocks'); Dresden Poetry Prize |
| 2008 |
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Uwe Johnson-Prize; German Book Prize for Der Turm; ('The Tower') |
| 2009 |
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German National Award |
| Lives in Freiburg |
