Matthias Nawrat (born 1979 in
Opole
Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ;
* Silesian:
** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole''
** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole''
* Silesian German: ''Uppeln''
* Czech: ''Opolí''
* Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...
) is a German writer.
Life
Matthias Nawrat was born in Opole in Poland. He moved with his family in 1989 to
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...
. From 2000 to 2007, he studied
Biology
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at
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
and
Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...
. Beginning in 2009 he studied at the
Swiss Literature Institute in
Biel/Bienne
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.
His debut novel, ''Wir zwei allein'' was published in 2012 by Nagel & Kimche. He lives in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
.
Works
Novels
* ''Wir zwei allein''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 2012. .
* ''Unternehmer''.
Rowohlt Verlag
Rowohlt Verlag is a German publishing house based in Hamburg, with offices in Reinbek and Berlin. It has been part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Group since 1982. The company was created in 1908 in Leipzig by Ernst Rowohlt.
Divisions
* Kinder
* ...
, Hamburg 2014. .
* ''Die vielen Tode unseres Opas Jurek''. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2015. .
Awards
*
MDR-Literaturpreis 2011
* Silberschweinpreis der 2012
* Aufenthaltsstipendium am Literarischen Colloquium Berlin (LCB) 2012
* Literaturpreis des
Kantons Bern 2012
* Kelag-Preis beim
Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis
The Festival of German-Language Literature (german: Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur, links=no) is a literary event which takes place annually in Klagenfurt, Austria. During this major literary festival which lasts for several days a number of ...
2012
* Heinrich-Heine-Stipendium Lüneburg 2013
* Förderpreis des
Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Preis The Adelbert von Chamisso Prize (German ''Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Preis'') was a German literary award established in 1985, given to a work whose author's mother tongue is not German, as was the case for Adelbert von Chamisso. It was offered by the Ro ...
2013
* 2014 Longlist beim
Deutschen Buchpreis mit ''Unternehmer''
References
External links
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Homepage von Matthias Nawrat
1979 births
21st-century German novelists
Writers from Berlin
Living people
People from Opole
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