Biography

Matthias Politycki Born on the 20th May 1955 in Karlsruhe


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

 

2004

Working scholarship from the German Literature Fund

 

Lives in Hamburg and Munich

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