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Katja Oskamp (born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig) is a German writer. She won the 2023 International Dublin Literary Award.
Katja Oskamp | |
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| Born | 20 February 1970 Leipzig, East Germany |
| Occupation | writer |
| Alma mater | |
| Notable awards |
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| Website | |
| www | |
Katja Oskamp (born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig) is a German writer. She won the 2023 International Dublin Literary Award.
Oskamp was born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig, Germany and grew up in Berlin. [1] [2] She studied theatre at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig (1989–1991) and literature at the German Institute for Literature (1999–2002). [1]
Oskamp began her career working as a playwright at the Volkstheater Rostock. [1] [2]
In 2000, she won her first literary prize for a short story called Rolf und Mucki und so weiter. [1] Three years later, she debuted a short story collection called Halbschwimmer about childhood and youth in East Germany, [2] which won the Rauris Literature Prize. [5] In 2007, she published her first novel, Die Staubfängerin, which won her the Anna Seghers Prize. [3]
In 2019, Oskamp published Marzahn, Mon Amour, a novel about the elderly citizens of Berlin, based on the author's own observations as a practicing chiropodist in the Marzahn district, after deciding to change her career. [6] It was her first work to be translated into English. [2] The translation created by Jo Heinrich won the 2023 International Dublin Literary Award. [7]
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 2004 | Halbschwimmer | Rauris Literature Prize | Winner | [5] |
| 2007 | Die Staubfängerin | Anna Seghers Prize | Winner | [3] |
| 2023 | Marzahn, Mon Amour | International Dublin Literary Award | Winner | [7] |
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