Mirjam Pressler

She studied painting at Städelschule in Frankfurt as well as English and French literary studies at LMU Munich. Before becoming a writer, she was a jeans shop retailer for eight years, who, as a single mother, raised three daughters. Later, she became a member of the PEN Centre Germany.

Mirjam Pressler studied at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Städelschule. The recorded working language is German, English and French. The field of work recorded is literary activity, children's and young adult literature and literary translation. Places of work recorded in the authority are Frankfurt and Landshut. Work by Mirjam Pressler is recorded in the collections of Anne Frank House. Distinctions recorded are Bavarian Order of Merit, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal and Großer Preis der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V.

• Illustration — Pressler and Amos Oz in 2015. She won the Leipzig Book Fair Prize for her translation of his novel, Judas. • Carl Zuckmayer Medal (2001) • Corine Literature Prize (2009) • Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal (2013) • Leipzig Book Fair Prize (2015) for translation of Amos Oz's Judas • Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2018)