Born on June 4, 1941 in Berlin
| 1951 | Move with her family from West Berlin to East Berlin | |
| Work as industrial cutter | ||
| Work as director’s assistant | ||
| University studies in theatre and art history | ||
| Work as a journalist for the Morgenpost | ||
| 1988 | Move to the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| 1990 | Brothers Grimm Award | |
| 1992 | Kleist Award | |
| 1994 | Roswitha Award, Solothurn Literature Award | |
| 2003 | Friedrich Hölderlin Award | |
| 2005 | Lecturer in poetry at the University of Frankfurt/Main | |
| 2009 | German National Prize for Art and Science | |
| Monika Maron lives in Berlin |













