Aspekte Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 42 (2019) Winner
Miku Sophie Kühmel
ミク・ソフィー・キューメル
Miku Sophie Kuehmel
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1992-01-01 （Gotha, Germany）
- Nationality
- German
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Gotha (birthplace) → Berlin (since 2010) → New York (study period)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Radio producer/host, Editor
- Active Years
- 2012-
- Affiliations
- PEN Berlin (co-founder), S. Fischer Verlag (publisher relationship)
- Memberships
- PEN Berlin (co-founder)
- Influenced By
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hanya Yanagihara
- Nominations
- Deutscher Buchpreis (Shortlist) 2019, Clemens-Brentano-Preis nomination 2023
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt University of Berlin | Faculty of Literature and Media Studies | Department of Literary and Media Studies | 学士 | 在学 - 2017 | Germany |
| New York University | — | Exchange/study program | — | 在籍期間（詳細不明） | United States |
Humboldt University of Berlin
Faculty of Literature and Media Studies
/ Department of Literary and Media Studies
Degree:
学士
Period:
在学 - 2017
Year of Graduation:
2017
Country:
Germany
Studied literature and media in Berlin; includes study exchanges.
New York University
Exchange/study program
Period:
在籍期間（詳細不明）
Year of Graduation:
2017
Country:
United States
Study exchange/visiting period during studies.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Literaturpreis der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung | Kintsugi | — | Jürgen Ponto Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2019 | aspekte-Literaturpreis | Kintsugi | — | aspekte (ZDF) | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium | — | — | Alfred Döblin Fellowship (awarding body) | 受賞（奨学金） |
Literaturpreis der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung
2019
Work:
Kintsugi
Organization:
Jürgen Ponto Foundation
Result:
受賞
aspekte-Literaturpreis
2019
Work:
Kintsugi
Organization:
aspekte (ZDF)
Result:
受賞
Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium
2021
Organization:
Alfred Döblin Fellowship (awarding body)
Result:
受賞（奨学金）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kintsugi
2019 Novel (contemporary fiction)An ensemble novel that follows a gay couple of 20 years as their relationship is tested over a winter weekend. Titled after the Japanese repair method kintsugi, the book focuses on rupture and repair and detailed psychological portrayals of relationships.
relationshipsrepair and rupturememoryidentity
Triskele
2022 NovelA novel that weaves human relationships and historical memory across multiple perspectives and timelines, including experimental formal elements.
historymemoryfamily
Sprechende Objekte
2022 Literary object textsA series of short texts told through the voices of objects, including works tied to museum exhibition projects.
objects and memorynarrative subjectivity
Hannah
2025 Historical novelTells the love story between Dada artist Hannah Höch and Dutch writer Til Brugman against the backdrop of the interwar period.
art and lovereappraisal of historyfemale agency
Bibliography
- Kintsugi (2019)
- Triskele (2022)
- Sprechende Objekte (2022)
- Hannah (2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- detailed psychological characterizationensemble narrative structuresexperimental narrative techniques
- Recurring Motifs
- repair and rupturememory and historyvoices of objects
Legacy
Gained attention with her 2019 debut Kintsugi, receiving acclaim for complex character work and contemporary portrayals of relationships. Winner of several literary prizes for the same work, she is regarded as a promising young writer who offers new perspectives on relationships and memory in contemporary German literature.
Academic Societies
- PEN Berlin
Quotes
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An impressively concentrated debut. Kintsugi develops a contemporary view on life and love and convinces as an ensemble novel with highly differentiated character psychology.
Source: Jürgen Ponto Foundation jury statement (2019)
Trivia
- Born in Gotha in 1992; moved to Berlin in 2010.
- Broke through with her debut novel Kintsugi in 2019.
- Co-founder of PEN Berlin.
- In 2018, an unpublished manuscript 'Fellwechsel' reached the Blogbuster shortlist.