Ulrike Almut Sandig (born 1979) is a German writer. She was born in

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in the former

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, and has lived in

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, Leipzig and Berlin. She studied religion and

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at university, and then studied 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 started her writing career by distributing her poems in public places in Leipzig. She has published three volumes of poetry: ''Zunder'' (2005/2009), ''Streumen'' (2007), and ''Dickicht'' (2011). Her first book of short stories titled ''Flamingos'' came out in 2010. She has also written for the radio, and published

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. She has received numerous prizes, among them the Leonce-und-Lena Prize (2009) and the

Droste-Preis Droste-Preis is a literary prize awarded in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The city of Meersburg awards the Droste Prize in memory of the writer Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, who spent the last years of her life in Meersburg. It is awarded every thr ...

for Emerging Talent () (2012). She has also done residencies in Helsinki and Sydney. Her work has been translated into various languages, and an English-language selection of her work, translated by

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, was runner-up in the

Schlegel-Tieck Prize The Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation is a literary translation award given by the Society of Authors in London. Translations from the German original into English are considered for the prize. The value of the prize is £3,000.

. Most recently she was awarded the in 2018, the

Roswitha Prize The Roswitha Prize (german: Roswitha-Preis) is the oldest German language prize for literature that is given solely to women. The Roswitha-Medal has been given almost yearly since 1973 by the city of Bad Gandersheim. In 1998 it received its moder ...

in 2020 and the in 2021. Sandig lives with her family in Berlin.

Memberships

Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur The Academy of Sciences and Literature (german: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, AdW Mainz) is a scientific academy in Mainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin. The academy's goal is to s ...

, Mainz *

PEN Centre Germany PEN Centre Germany is part of the worldwide association of writers founded in London in 1921, now known as PEN International. One of over 140 autonomous PEN centres around the world, PEN Centre Germany is based in Darmstadt, Hesse. Work PEN Ce ...

, Darmstadt

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandig, Ulrike Almut 1979 births Living people 21st-century German poets category:German women poets

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