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Ingo Schulze

インゴ・シュルツェ

Ingo Shurutsue

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1962-12-15 (Dresden)
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German
Residence History
Dresden → Jena → Altenburg → St. Petersburg → Berlin

Career

Occupations
writer, dramaturg, journalist
Active Years
1990-
Affiliations
Landestheater Altenburg
Memberships
Berlin Academy of the Arts, German Academy for Language and Poetry, Saxony Academy of the Arts, PEN Centre Germany
Nominations
Deutscher Buchpreis 2006 finalist (New Lives), Deutscher Buchpreis 2008 finalist (Adam and Evelyn)

Education

Friedrich Schiller University Jena
classical philology
Period: 1981-1988
Year of Graduation: 1988
Country: Germany
Studied classical philology for five years

Awards

Aspekte-Literaturpreis
1995
Work: 33 Moments of Happiness
Result: winner
Thüringer Literaturpreis
2007
Result: winner
Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis
2013
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

33 Moments of Happiness

1995 short stories

Collection of short stories based on experiences in St. Petersburg

moments of happinesspost-communism
Translations
  • translated into 20 languages

Bibliography

  • 33 Moments of Happiness (1995)
  • Simple Stories (1998)
  • New Lives (2005)
  • Adam and Evelyn (2008)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
postmodernrealistic
Recurring Motifs
German reunificationpost-reunification society

Legacy

Prominent contemporary German writer from East Germany, representative of post-reunification literature. Works translated into 20 languages

Trivia

  • Raised by mother after parents' divorce
  • Slept through the night of November 9, 1989
  • Married with two daughters