Katja Oskamp

Katja Oskamp
Born	(1970-02-20) 20 February 1970 (age 55) Leipzig, East Germany
Occupation	writer
Alma mater	Theaterhochschule Leipzig German Institute for Literature
Notable awards	Rauris Literature Prize (2004) Anna Seghers Prize (2007) Dublin Literary Award (2023)

Katja Oskamp (born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig) is a German writer. She won the 2023 Dublin Literary Award.

Personal life and education

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 lives in Berlin. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

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 practising 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]

Awards

Awards for Oskamp's writing

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
2004	Halbschwimmer	Rauris Literature Prize	Winner	[5]
2007	Die Staubfängerin	Anna Seghers Prize	Winner	[3]
2023	Marzahn, Mon Amour	Dublin Literary Award	Winner	[7]

Works

• Oskamp, Katja (2005). Halbschwimmer (in German). Berlin: Berliner Taschenbuch-Verl. ISBN   978-3-8333-0148-3.
• —— (2007). Die Staubfängerin (in German). Zürich: Ammann. ISBN   978-3-250-60111-1.
• —— (2010). Hellersdorfer Perle (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn. ISBN   978-3-8218-6110-4.
• —— (2019). Marzahn, mon amour (in German). Berlin: Hanser Berlin. ISBN   978-3-446-26414-4. ^[4]
• —— (2024). Die vorletzte Frau (in German). Berlin: Park x Ullstein. ISBN   978-3-98816-020-1.

References

1. "Katja Oskamp – Munzinger Biographie". Internationales Biographisches Archive (in German). 28 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
2. "Katja Oskamp". Dublin Literary Award . Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
3. "The Pearl". New Books in German. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
4. "Katja Oskamp". Perlentaucher. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
5. "Bestes Debüt: Katja Oskamp erhält Rauriser Literaturpreis". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
6. Venner, Catherine. "Marzahn, mon amour by Katja Oskamp". World Literature Today. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
7. Bayley, Sian (25 May 2023). "Oskamp and Heinrich win Dublin Literary Award for 'warm and witty' Marzahn, Mon Amour". The Bookseller . Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.