Anja Kampmann (born 1983) is a German poet and author.
Anja Kampmann (born 1983) is a German poet and author.
Kampmann was born in 1983 in Hamburg. [1] She studied at the University of Hamburg and at the German Institute for Literature (Deutsches Literaturinstitut) in Leipzig. [2] She also attended the renowned International Writing Program at the University of Iowa with a scholarship, then start of a dissertation on Samuel Beckett's later prose (musicality & silence) as well as work for the radio. [3] Since 2011, she has been working for Deutschlandfunk and NZZ, among others. [1]
Her poetry has been published in numerous German publications. [4] Her debut collection Proben von Stein und Licht appeared in 2016 in Edition Lyrik. Her first novel Wie hoch die Wasser steigen (High As The Waters Rise, translated by Anne Posten) has received widespread acclaim, and has won many prizes among them the Mara Cassens Prize [5] [6] and the Lessing Prize (Förderpreis). [7] It was shortlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature in 2020. [8] In 2021 she published her second collection of poetry Der Hund ist immer hungrig (the dog is always hungry) which was widely acclaimed. [9]
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Leonce-und-Lena-Preis is a literary prize of Hesse. The award was founded in 1968, the City of Darmstadt has been awarding the prize since 1979. Leonce and Lena is a play by Georg Büchner. The prize money is €8,000. German-speaking authors who were not older than 35 can take part.
The Wolfgang Weyrauch Prize is a literary prize in Hesse, Germany named for writer Wolfgang Weyrauch. Established in 1997, the prize is awarded to young writers for their encouragement and includes a stipend in the amount of €8,000.
Ernst-Meister-Preis für Lyrik is a literary prize of Germany. The prize is endowed with €5,000. The Ernst Meister Prize was founded in 1981 in memory of the Hagen poet and writer Ernst Meister and has been awarded at irregular intervals. Since 2021, the award will be organized every three years by the New Ernst Meister Society for the city of Hagen. The prize honors "the work of authors who express their responsibility for language and poetry in a special way".
Rainer-Malkowski-Preis is a literary prize of Germany. The prize is awarded every two years by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in cooperation with the Rainer Malkowski Foundation. The Rainer Malkowski Prize, with prize money of 30,000 euros, is one of the most highly endowed German literary prizes. The prize has been founded in 2005 by the Stiftung zur Förderung deutschsprachiger Literatur, on request of the poet Rainer Malkowski, who died in 2003.
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