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Angelika Klüssendorf

アンゲリカ・クルッセンどるふ

Angerika Kurussendorufu

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1958 (Ahrensburg)
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German
Residence History
Ahrensburg → Leipzig → West Germany → Berlin

Career

Occupations
writer
Active Years
1990-2024

Awards

Roswitha Prize
2004
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Aus allen Himmeln

2004 short stories

A collection of short stories.

everyday lifehuman relationships

Das Mädchen

2011 novel

A novel about a girl.

coming of agefamily

Bibliography

  • Sehnsüchte [Erzählung], Hanser, München / Wien 1990
  • Anfall von Glück [Erzählungen], Hanser, München / Wien 1994
  • Frag mich nicht, schieß mich tot! Eine Farce, 1995
  • Alle leben so [Roman], Frankfurt am Main 2001
  • Aus allen Himmeln [Erzählungen], Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2004
  • Amateure [Erzählungen], Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2009
  • Das Mädchen [Roman], Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2011

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise styleeveryday descriptions
Recurring Motifs
longingmoments of happiness

Legacy

German writer born in East Germany, fled to West Germany in 1985. Author of short stories and novels, winner of the Roswitha Prize in 2004. Lives in Berlin.

Trivia

  • Fled from East Germany to West Germany in 1985.