Silke Scheuermann
Silke Scheuermann (born 15 June 1973 in Karlsruhe) is a German poet and novelist. She was educated in Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Paris. She is best known for her debut novel Die Stunde zwischen Hund und Wolf (The Hour Between Dog and Wolf), which has been translated into ten languages including English.
Silke Scheuermann
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- Name
- Silke Scheuermann
- Born
- 15 June 1973
- Birthplace
- Karlsruhe
- Occupation
- Author, Poet
- Nationality
- Germany
- Fields
- poetry
- Honours
- Leonce-und-Lena-Preis · Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis · Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt · Dresden resident writer · Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo
- Languages
- German
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Silke Scheuermann (born 15 June 1973 in Karlsruhe) is a German poet and novelist. She was educated in Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Paris. She is best known for her debut novel Die Stunde zwischen Hund und Wolf (The Hour Between Dog and Wolf), which has been translated into ten languages including English.
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Silke Scheuermann (born 1973) is a German novelist, poet and writer. The novelist was born in Karlsruhe. Silke Scheuermann is active in poetry.
Languages used include German. The novelist received Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis, Dresden resident writer and Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, among others.
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She has won numerous German and European literary prizes and fellowships, including the Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Preis, the Leonce-und-Lena-Preis, the Hölty Prize, the Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis, and a Villa Massimo fellowship.
Silke Scheuermann stellt auf dem Erlanger Poetenfest 2014 ihren Gedichtband "Skizze vom Gras" vor.
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German writer Silke Scheuermann at the Leselenz 2015 in Hausach
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• Name — Silke Scheuermann • Born — 15 June 1973 • Birthplace — Karlsruhe • Occupation — Author, Poet • Genre — Fiction, Poetry • Notable Works — The Hour Between Dog and Wolf (novel)
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Silke Scheuermann is recorded with the occupation novelist. Recorded as having received Leonce-und-Lena-Preis, Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis and Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt. Recognition and collections. Scheuermann received Leonce-und-Lena-Preis, Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Dresden resident writer and Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo.
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Silke Scheuermann was born on 15 June 1973.
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Awards
• 2001 Leonce-und-Lena-Preis, Darmstadt • 2003 Literaturstipendium Lana • 2003 Stipendium Künstlerdorf Schöppingen • 2004 Stadtschreiberin in Beirut • 2004 Advancement award at the Merano Poetry Prize • 2004 Literaturstipendium Villa Aurora, Los Angeles • 2004 Stipendium der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg • 2005 Dresdner Stadtschreiberin • 2005 Förderpreis zum Hermann-Hesse-Preis • 2006 Studienaufenthalt in der Casa Baldi in Olevano Romano bei Rom • 2006 Stipendium Künstlerdorf Schreyahn • 2006 New York-Stipendium Deutscher Literaturfonds • 2007 Förderpreis zum Grimmelshausen-Preis • 2008 George-Konell-Preis • 2009 Stipendium Villa Massimo • 2009 Förderpreis zum Droste-Preis • 2012 Stipendium Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa, Kyoto • 2012 Poetikdozentur: junge Autoren der Hochschule RheinMain, WS 2012/13 • 2013/2014 Stipendium des Internationalen Künstlerhauses Villa Concordia in Bamberg • 2014 Hölty-Preis • 2014 Stipendium im Rahmen des Hausacher Leselenz • 2016 Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis • 2016 Robert-Gernhardt-Preis für das Lyrikprojekt Zweites Buch der Unruhe • 2017 Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Preis, für ihr literarisches Gesamtwerk unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ihres Romans Wovon wir lebten • 2019 Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt
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