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Sibylle Berg

シビュレ・ベルク

Shibyure Beruku

Profile

Gender
non-binary
Born
1962-06-02 (Weimar)
Nationality
German, Swiss
Languages
German
Residence History
Weimar, East Germany → Constanța, Romania → Hamburg, West Germany → Zürich, Switzerland → Israel

Career

Occupations
novelist, playwright, columnist, Member of the European Parliament
Active Years
1997-2024
Affiliations
Die PARTEI, Zurich University of the Arts

Education

University of Hamburg
oceanography
Country: Germany
Studied oceanography and worked various jobs.

Awards

Else Lasker-Schüler Dramatist Prize
2016
Organization: State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Result: 受賞
Swiss Book Prize
2019
Work: GRM. Brainfuck
Organization: Swiss Literature Fund
Result: 受賞
Bertolt Brecht Literature Prize
2020
Organization: City of Augsburg
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

GRM. Brainfuck

2019 Science fiction

A science fiction novel set in a dystopian near future.

Critique of capitalismTechnological dominationSocial collapse
Adaptations
  • [Musical] GRM Brainfuck / Sebastian Nübling (2021)
Translations
  • English: Grime

Bibliography

  • A Few People Search for Happiness and Laugh Themselves to Death
  • Sex II
  • Amerika
  • GRM. Brainfuck
  • RCE

Translations of Works

  • English: Grime (GRM. Brainfuck)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Social criticismBlack humorExperimental
Recurring Motifs
LGBTQ+ themesSatire of modern societyExploration of identity

Legacy

Prominent contemporary German-language author. 18 books translated into 30 languages, numerous awards. Icon in LGBT and European art communities. Currently MEP.

Trivia

  • Publicly identifies as non-binary.
  • Supports the Straight Edge movement.
  • Some biographical details questioned in 2023.