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Born on the 20th May 1955 in Karlsruhe |
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| 1975 - 1987 |
Studies New German Literature, alongside Philosophy, Theatre and Communication Studies in Munich and Vienna | |
| 1987 |
Gains doctorate under advisor Professor W. Müller-Seidel in Munich | |
| 1988 |
Bavarian federal state Prize for Literature | |
| 1988 - 1990 |
Research assistant to Professor W. Frühwald at the Institute for German Philology in Munich | |
| Since 1990 |
Freelance writer; Member of PEN | |
| 2002 |
Writer in Residence in Bordeaux
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| 2004 |
Working scholarship from the German Literature Fund
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| Lives in Hamburg and Munich |
