| Born on May 2, 1950 in Chemnitz |
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| 1969 – 1972 | Training in commercial art at the Technical University of Advertising and Design in East Berlin | |
| Work in advertising and public relations | ||
| 1976 – 1979 | Studies at the J. R. Becher Institute for Literature in Leipzig | |
| 1986 | Hans Marchwitza Prize | |
| 1988 | IngeborgIngeborg Bachmann Prize | |
| 1990 | Graz City Chronicler | |
| 1995 | Lessing Prize | |
| 1996 | Berlin Literature Award; Bobrowski Medal of Honour | |
| 1997/1998 | New York Bursary of the German Literature Fund | |
| 1999 | Villa Massimo bursary | |
| 2000 | Poetry lecturership at the University of Paderborn | |
| 2001 | Gerrit Engelke Literature Award; Thomas Valentin Award Preis; testimonial of the Schiller Foundation | |
| 2004 | Poetry lecturership at the University of Frankfurt/Main | |
| 2005 | Max Kade Visiting Professor in St. Louis | |
| 2006 | Town Chronicler in Chennai | |
| 2007 | Hermann Lenz Prize | |
| Angela Krauß lives in Leipzig |
