Anna Ospelt

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Anna Ospelt (born 1987) is a Liechtensteiner writer. She was born in Vaduz, where she currently lives. She went to university in Basel, Switzerland.

Her books include:

Wurzelstudien was nominated for the Clemens Brentano Prize. Frühe Pflanzung was nominated for the EU Prize for Literature. Ospelt received a Nature Writing Scholarship from the Nantesbuch Foundation as part of the German Prize for Nature Writing in 2019. [1] [2]

Ospelt has also translated works of poetry from English to German. [3]

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References

  1. "Anna Ospelt | EU Prize for Literature".
  2. "Anna Ospelt".
  3. "Ospelt, Anna". Anthologies of Young Poets. Retrieved 18 April 2024.