Born on November 30, 1964 in Treis/Gießen
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| 1984 – 1991 | University studies in German area studies and philosophy in Frankfurt/Main | |
| 1990 | Robert Walser Award; Rauriser Award for Literature | |
| 1995 - 1999 | Juror for the Ingeborg Bachmann Award | |
| 1996 | Rome Prize of the Villa Massimo | |
| 1999 | Ph.D. | |
| 2002 | Bursary of the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles; poetry instructorship at the Mainz Academy of the Sciences | |
| 2005 | Grinzane Cavour Prize, Italy | |
| since 2005 | Editor of the Edition Spycher | |
| Thomas Hettche lives in Berlin |
