Marion Poschmann auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2017

Marion Poschmann (born 15 December 1969 in

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) is a German author, novelist, and poet.

Life

Marion Poschmann grew up in

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and Essen. From 1989 to 1995 she studied German, philosophy, and Slavic studies in Bonn and Berlin. Her novel ''The Pine Islands'' was shortlisted for

Man Booker International Prize The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize was announced ...

in 2019.

Selected works

* ''Baden bei Gewitter.'' Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2002, . * ''Verschlossene Kammern.'' zu Klampen, Lüneburg 2002, . * ''Grund zu Schafen.'' Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2004, . * ''Schwarzweißroman.'' Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2005, . * ''Hundenovelle.'' Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2008, . * ''Geistersehen.'' Suhrkamp, Berlin 2010, . * ''Die Sonnenposition.'' Suhrkamp, Berlin 2013, . * ''Mondbetrachtung in mondloser Nacht. Über Dichtung.'' Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016, . * ''Geliehene Landschaften. Lehrgedichte und Elegien.'' Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016, . * '' Die Kieferninseln.'' Suhrkamp, Berlin 2017, . **English-language edition: ''The Pine Islands''. Translated by Jen Calleja. Serpent's Tail, London 2019, .

Awards

Source: * 2003 Wolfgang Weyrauch Promotional Prize * 2004 scholarship from the German Academy Rome

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* 2005 Hans-Erich-Nossack-Förderpreis * 2005 Literature Prize Ruhr area * 2005 Nominated 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 ...

(long list) * 2006 Literature Prize of the City of Meersburg * 2007 sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia * 2009 Art Prize for Literature from the Brandenburg Lotto GmbH * 2011 Peter Huchel Prize * 2011 Ernst Meister Prize * 2012 New York grant from the German Literature Fund * 2013 Nominated for the German Book Prize (shortlist) * 2013

Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize The Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize () is a German literary award established in 2000 by the city of Braunschweig and the radio broadcaster Deutschlandradio. It is named after the 18th-century writer Wilhelm Raabe and is awarded for an individual ...

* 2015 Thomas Kling Poetics Lectureship * 2016 Nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize * 2017 German Prize for Nature Writing * 2017 Düsseldorf Literature Prize * 2017 Nominated for the German Book Prize (shortlist) * 2018 Berlin Literature Prize, combined with the guest professorship for German-language poetics at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

* 2018 Klopstock Prize for New Literature * 2019 Nominated for the

(Shortlisted) for ''The Pine Islands'' * 2019 Zurich Poetics Lecture * 2020 Liliencron lectureship for poetry * 2020 Poetry Prize Orphil * 2020

Hölty Prize The Hölty Prize (German: ''Hölty-Preis''), established in 2007, is a lifetime achievement award given every two years to honor a German-language poet. The full name of the prize is the Hölty-Preis für Lyrik der Landeshauptstadt und der Sparkass ...

for Poetry * 2021 Bremen Literature Prize * 2021 Word Requests Literature Prize for critical short texts * 2022/2023 Stadtschreiber von Bergen

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Poschmann, Marion 1969 births Living people 21st-century German novelists 21st-century German women writers German women novelists