Anja Kampmann (born 1983) is a German poet and author.

Biography

Kampmann was born in 1983 in

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. She studied at the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...

and at the

German Institute for Literature The German Institute for Literature (German: ''Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig'', DLL) is a part of Leipzig University. It was founded in 1955 under the name Johannes R. Becher-Institut. Among the noted writers who graduated from the school a ...

() in Leipzig. She also attended the renowned

International Writing Program The International Writing Program (IWP) is a writing residency for international artists in Iowa City, Iowa. Since 2014, the program offers online courses to many writers and poets around the world. Since its inception in 1967, the IWP has hosted o ...

at the

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is org ...

with a scholarship, then start of a dissertation on

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic expe ...

's later prose (musicality & silence) as well as work for the radio. Since 2011, she has been working for

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and NZZ, among others. Her poetry has been published in numerous German publications. Her debut collection ''Proben von Stein und Licht'' appeared in 2016 in Edition Lyrik. Her first novel ''Wie hoch die Wasser steigen'' (''High As The Waters Rise'', translated by Anne Posten) has received widespread acclaim, and has won many prizes among them the and the Lessing Prize (Förderpreis). It was shortlisted for the

National Book Award for Translated Literature The National Book Award for Translated Literature is one of five annual National Book Awards recognising outstanding literary works of translation into English administered by the National Book Foundation. This award was previously given from 1967 ...

in 2020. In 2021 she published her second collection of poetry ''Der Hund ist immer hungrig'' (the dog is always hungry) which was widely acclaimed. She lives in

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Works

* 2016: * 2018: * 2019: English translation by Anne Posten * 2021:

Awards

* 2010: Scholarship “International Writing Program” University of Iowa * 2013: 1st Prize MDR Literature Prize * 2014: Feldkircher Poetry Prize (2nd prize) * 2015:

Wolfgang Weyrauch Prize The Wolfgang Weyrauch Prize is a literary prize in Hesse, Germany named for writer Wolfgang Weyrauch. Established in 1997, the prize is awarded to young writers for their encouragement and includes a stipend in the amount of €8,000.

* 2017: Artist in Residence at in Winterthur * 2017: Finalist

Alfred Döblin Prize The Alfred Döblin Prize (german: Alfred-Döblin-Preis) is a German literary award. Named after Alfred Döblin, it was endowed by Günter Grass in 1979. The prize is awarded every two years jointly by the Academy of Arts, Berlin and the Literary C ...

* 2018: Nomination for the

Leipzig Book Fair Prize The Leipzig Book Fair Prize () is a literary award assigned annually during the Leipzig Book Fair to outstanding newly released literary works in the categories "Fiction", "Non-fiction" and "Translation". The Leipzig Book Fair Prize has been award ...

( Fiction ) with ''High as the waters rise'' * 2018: Nomination for the

German Book Prize The German Book Prize (''Deutscher Buchpreis'') is awarded annually, in October, by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (''Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels'') to the best new German language novel of the year. The books, publ ...

(longlist) with ''High as the waters rise'' * 2018: Finalist in the Aspekte-Literaturpreis with ''High As The Waters Rise'' * 2018: Literature Prize of the Lüneburg District for ''High As The Waters Rise'' * 2018: for ''High as the waters rise'' * 2019: Lessing Prize of the Free State of Saxony (sponsorship prize) * 2019/2020:

Stadtschreiber von Bergen The Stadtschreiber von Bergen ('City clerk of Bergen') is an annual German literary award. The prize money is €20,000 with one year of free living in the town clerk's house in Bergen-Enkheim, Frankfurt, "An der Oberpforte 4". It was the first St ...

* 2020: ''High as the Waters Rise''. Translation of Anne Posten. Shortlisted for the National Book Award. * 2020: Rainer Malkowski Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (together with Norbert Hummelt)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kampmann, Anja 1983 births Living people Writers from Hamburg German women poets German women novelists 21st-century German novelists 21st-century German poets German-language poets