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Marion Poschmann (born 15 December 1969 in
Marion Poschmann (born 15 December 1969 in Essen
Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...
) is a German author, novelist, and poet.
Life
Marion Poschmann grew up inMülheim an der Ruhr
Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr (, ; ; ) and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home ...
and Essen. From 1989 to 1995 she studied German, philosophy, and Slavic studies in Bonn and Berlin. Her novel ''The Pine Islands'' was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize
The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize, as the Boo ...
in 2019.
Selected works
* ''Baden bei Gewitter.'' Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2002, . * ''Verschlossene Kammern.'' zu Klampen, Lüneburg 2002, . * ''Grund zu Schafen.'' Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2004, . * ''Schwarzweißroman.'' Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2005, . * ''Hundenovelle.'' Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2008, . * ''Geistersehen.'' Suhrkamp, Berlin 2010, . * ''Die Sonnenposition.'' Suhrkamp, Berlin 2013, . * ''Mondbetrachtung in mondloser Nacht. Über Dichtung.'' Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016, . * ''Geliehene Landschaften. Lehrgedichte und Elegien.'' Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016, . * '' Die Kieferninseln.'' Suhrkamp, Berlin 2017, . **English-language edition: ''The Pine Islands''. Translated by Jen Calleja. Serpent's Tail, London 2019, . * ''Chor der Erinnyen''. Roman. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2023, . * ''Die Winterschwimmerin''. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2025, .Awards
Source: * 2003 Wolfgang Weyrauch Promotional Prize * 2004 scholarship from the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo * 2005 Hans-Erich-Nossack-Förderpreis * 2005 Literature Prize Ruhr area * 2005 Nominated for the German Book Prize (long list) * 2006 Literature Prize of the City of Meersburg * 2007 sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia * 2009 Art Prize for Literature from the Brandenburg Lotto GmbH * 2011 Peter Huchel Prize * 2011 Ernst Meister Prize * 2012 New York grant from the German Literature Fund * 2013 Nominated for the German Book Prize (shortlist) * 2013 Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize * 2015 Thomas Kling Poetics Lectureship * 2016 Nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize * 2017 German Prize for Nature Writing * 2017 Düsseldorf Literature Prize * 2017 Nominated for the German Book Prize (shortlist) * 2018 Berlin Literature Prize, combined with the guest professorship for German-language poetics at theFree University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...
* 2018 Klopstock Prize for New Literature
* 2019 Nominated for the Man Booker International Prize
The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize, as the Boo ...
(Shortlisted) for ''The Pine Islands''
* 2019 Zurich Poetics Lecture
* 2020 Liliencron lectureship for poetry
* 2020 Poetry Prize Orphil
* 2020 Hölty Prize for Poetry
* 2021 Bremen Literature Prize
* 2021 Word Requests Literature Prize for critical short texts
* 2022/2023 Stadtschreiber von Bergen
The Stadtschreiber von Bergen ('City clerk of Bergen') is an annual German literary award. The prize money is €20,000 with one year of free living in the town clerk's house in Bergen-Enkheim, Frankfurt, "An der Oberpforte 4". It was the first S ...
* 2023 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis
Joseph-Breitbach-Preis (Joseph Breitbach Prize) is a literary prize awarded by the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz (Academy of Sciences and Literature of Mainz) in Germany and the Joseph Breitbach Foundation. Established in 19 ...
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