Zsuzsa Bánk (born 24 October 1965, in
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
) is a German writer.
Her parents moved to Germany after the
Hungarian revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hunga ...
and she studied journalism, political science, and literature at the
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 st ...
and in Washington, D.C.
She has received several literature awards, such as the 2002
Aspekte-Literaturpreis
The Aspekte-Literaturpreis (''Aspekte'' Literature Prize) is awarded annually for the best debut novel written in German, as judged by a panel of writers, critics, and scholars. The prize is sponsored by the ZDF television network through its arts ...
given to the best debut novel written in German
and the 2004
Adelbert von Chamisso Prize 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 R ...
.
She lives in Frankfurt am Main with her husband and two children.
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1965 births
Living people
Writers from Frankfurt
21st-century German novelists
21st-century German women writers
German people of Hungarian descent
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni
German women novelists
German women short story writers
German short story writers
21st-century short story writers
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