Born on July 23, 1943 in Moscow
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| 1961 – 1967 | University studies in Sinology in Leipzig | |
| dal 1967 | Editor for the area of developing countries for the scholarly journal Deutsche Außenpolitik (i.e., German foreign policy) | |
| dal 1988 | Free-lance writer for the Wochenpost | |
| 1987 | Ernst Willner Prize | |
| 1988 | Bursary of the German Literature Fund / German Federal Cultural Foundation | |
| 1995 | Sojourn at the Villa Waldbert, Munich | |
| 1996 | Testimonial by the Schiller Foundation | |
| 1998 | Sojourn at the Villa Concordia, Bamberg | |
| 1998 | Sojourn Berlin Literature Award | |
| 2001 | Visiting lecturership at Oberlin College, Ohio | |
| 2008 | Leipzig Book Fair Prize | |
| Irina Liebmann lives in Berlin |
