
| University studies in literature in Berlin | ||
| 1970 | Ph.D. | |
| 1971/72 | Villa Massimo bursary | |
| 1970 - 1978 | Publishing editor in Berlin | |
| 1989 | Gerrit Engelke Prize for Literature | |
| 1994 | Writer-in-residence at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA | |
| 1994/95 | Visiting professorship at the University of Paderborn | |
| 1997 | Town Chronicler Award of the ZDF and the City of Mainz | |
| 1998 | Membership in the German Academy of Language and Poetry, Darmstadt | |
| 2000 | Writer-in-residence at Dickinson College, Carlisle, USA | |
| 2003 | Visiting professorship at the University of Essen | |
| 2004 | Writer-in-residence at Washington University, St. Louis, USA | |
| Hasenclever Literature Award, Aachen | ||
| 2007 | Schubart Literature Award of the City of Aalen | |
| 2008 | Town Chronicler Award, Bergen-Enkheim | |
| Friedrich Christian Delius lives in Berlin |













