Born on July 29, 1947 in Dresden
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| 1967 | Training in business administration; military service in the National People’s Army of the GDR | |
| 1970 | Abitur from the Workers’ and Peasants’ Faculty (ABF), Freiberg
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| 1970 - 1974 | Studies in business administration at the Technical University of Dresden; work as a labour economist
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| 1976 - 1979 | Study at the Johannes R. Becher Institute for Literature, Leipzig | |
| 1983 | Start of career as free-lance author | |
| 1989 | Georg Maurer Award | |
| 1990 | Maerkische Bursary for literature | |
| 1991 | Bursary award of the Hugo Ball Prize; F.C. Weiskopf Award | |
| 1993 | Schubart Award for Literature of the City of Aalen | |
| 1996 | Erwin Strittmatter Award | |
| 1998 | Cultural Achievement Award of the City of Vellmar | |
| 1999 | Hölderlin Award of the City of Tübingen | |
| 2000 | Harz Cultural Achievement Award; LiteraTour Nord Award; DG Bank Award | |
| 2004 | Wilhelm Müller Award of the State of Saxony-Anhalt | |
| 2005 | Scholarship holder of the German Academy Casa Baldi | |
| 2007 | Scholarship holder of the Villa Waldberta, artists’ residence of the City of Munich | |
| 2008 | Hölty Award of Hannover, Capital of Lower Saxony, for lyric poetry | |
| Thomas Rosenlöcher lives in Dresden and in the Erzgebirge |
