Eva Menasse (born 11 May 1970 in

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) is an

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n author and journalist. She has studied history and German literature. Menasse had a successful career as a journalist, writing for the

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and as a correspondent from Prague and Berlin. She left the paper to write her first novel, ''Vienna'', and now lives and works in Berlin as a freelance author. In 2005, she received the

Corine Literature Prize The Corine – International Book Prize, as it is officially called, is a German literature prize created by the Bavarian chapter of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, first awarded in 2001. It is awarded to German and international "aut ...

. The English translation of her novel ''Vienna'' was shortlisted for the 2007

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize The ''Independent'' Foreign Fiction Prize (1990–2015) was a British literary award. It was inaugurated by British newspaper ''The Independent'' to honour contemporary fiction in translation in the United Kingdom. The award was first launched i ...

in the UK. Menasse was married to the German author Michael Kumpfmüller from 2004 to 2017.

Awards

* 2013

Heinrich-Böll-Preis The Heinrich-Böll-Preis is a literary prize of Germany, awarded by the City of Cologne in memory of Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll. The prize money is €30,000. The prize is awarded "for outstanding achievements – even by still unknown au ...

* 2015

Villa Massimo Villa Massimo, short for Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo ( it, Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo), is a German cultural institution in Rome, established in 1910 and located in the Villa Massimo. The fellowship of the German Academy in Rom ...

Scholarship in Rome * 2015 Jonathan-Swift-Preis * 2017 Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis * 2017 Österreichischer Buchpreis * 2019

Ludwig Börne Prize The Ludwig Börne Prize (german: Ludwig-Börne-Preis, links=no) is a literary award that is awarded annually by the Frankfurt-based Ludwig-Börne-Stiftung. It is one of the most important of its kind in German-speaking countries. Objective and ...

* 2019

Mainzer Stadtschreiber The Mainzer Stadtschreiber (City clerk in Mainz) is an annual German literature award. It is awarded by ZDF, 3sat and the city of Mainz and was founded in 1984. The award is endowed with €12,500. Additionally the laureate receives the right to l ...

* 2023

Jakob-Wassermann-Literaturpreis Jakob-Wassermann-Literaturpreis is a Bavarian literary prize. It is granted in honour to the famous German-Jewish writer Jakob Wassermann by the city of Fürth (near Nuremberg) and comes with a donation of 10.000 Euros. The prize was established i ...

Works

* ''Die letzte Märchenprinzessin'', (with Elisabeth and Robert Menasse), 1997 * ''Klein Menasses der mächtigste Mann'', (with Elisabeth and Robert Menasse), 1998 * ''Der Holocaust vor Gericht. Der Prozess um David Irving'', 2000 * ''Vienna'', novel, 2005 (English: ''Vienna'', translated by

Anthea Bell Anthea Bell (10 May 1936 – 18 October 2018) was an English translator of literary works, including children's literature, from French, German and Danish. These include '' The Castle'' by Franz Kafka, '' Austerlitz'' by W. G. Sebald, the ''In ...

, 2006) * ''Lässliche Todsünden'', short stories, 2009 * ''Quasikristalle'', novel, 2013 * ''Lieber aufgeregt als abgeklärt'', essays, 2015 * ''Tiere für Fortgeschrittene'', short stories, 2017 * ''Gedankenspiele über den Kompromiss'', essay, 2020 * ''Geborgen am Busen der Musen. Früher oder später bekommt das Museum uns alle'', essay, 2020 * ''Dunkelblum'', novel, 2021

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