Katja Lange-Müller
Illustration — Katja Lange-Müller Katja Lange-Müller (born 13 February 1951) is a German writer living in Berlin. Her works include several short stories and novellas, radio dramas, and dramatic works. She was expelled from school at the age of 17 for "unsocialist" behavior.
Katja Lange-Müller
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- Born
- 1951. · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany and German Democratic Republic.
- Occupation
- writer and novelist.
- Honours
- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, Mainz resident writer, Alfred Döblin Prize, Kleist Prize, Kassel Literary Prize and Berliner Literaturpreis.
- Languages
- German.
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From an early age, she and her circle of friends were carefully watched by the Stasi. Prevented from attending college, she first learned to be a typesetter, and later worked as a nurse in a psychiatric clinic. At the age of 28, she was accepted to the "Johannes R. Becher" Literature Institute in Leipzig, marking the beginning of her career as a writer.
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1951
Katja Lange-Müller was born on 13 February 1951.
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scholarly publication
- Katja Lange-Müller (geb. 1951), Der Findling Kaspar Hauser in der Literatur, 1992
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1992
Awards
Awards
• Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, 1986 • Alfred Döblin Prize, 1995 • Berlin Literature Prize, 1996 • Preis der SWR-Bestenliste, 2001 • Mainzer Stadtschreiber of the city Mainz and the television station ZDF, 2002 • Roswitha Prize of the city Bad Gandersheim, 2002 • Kassel Literary Prize, 2005 • Kleist Prize, 2013 • Thomas Mann Prize, 2025
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• 2000 Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt • 2002 Academy of Arts, Berlin • 2022 PEN Berlin
Am 06.09 2016 las im Literaturhaus Köln, Katja Lange-Müller aus ihrem Roman „Drehtür“
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- 1.Katja Lange-Müller. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- 2.Schriftstellerin Katja Lange-Müller zum 70. – "Ich war ein ziemliches Rattengewitter". Deutschlandfunk Kultur. 12 February 2021.
- 3.Katja Lange-Müller. Literatur Lana.
- 4.Katja Lange-Müller- Portrait. Litrix-German Literature Online.
- 5.Katja Lange-Müller. Kiepenheuer & Witsch. 5 May 2011.
- 6.Katja Lange-Müller. Kiepenheuer & Witsch. 11 August 2016.
- 7."Schriftsteller gehen nie in Rente" – Katja Lange-Müller wird 70. B.Z. – Die Stimme Berlins. 13 February 2021.
- 8.Lange-Müller. Akademie der Künste, Berlin.
- 9.Kasseler Literaturpreis für Katja Lange-Müller. Der Standard.
- 10.Blamberger, Günter. Kleist-Jahrbuch 2014. J.B. Metzler. 2014. 978-3-476-01374-3.
- 11."Thomas-Mann-Preis für Katja Lange-Müller". wdr.de, 11 June 2025 (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- 12.Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Mitglieder – Katja Lange-Müller. Akademie.
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