Matthias Nawrat (born 1979 in
Opole
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) is a German writer.
Life
Matthias Nawrat was born in Opole in Poland. He moved with his family in 1989 to
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia district in Bavaria, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main (river), Main. Bamberg had 79,000 inhabitants in ...
. From 2000 to 2007, he studied
Biology
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at
Heidelberg
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and
Freiburg im Breisgau
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. Beginning in 2009 he studied at the
Swiss Literature Institute in
Biel/Bienne
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.
His debut novel, ''Wir zwei allein'' was published in 2012 by Nagel & Kimche. He lives in
Berlin
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.
Works
Novels
* ''Wir zwei allein''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich 2012. .
* ''Unternehmer''.
Rowohlt Verlag
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Hi ...
, Hamburg 2014. .
* ''Die vielen Tode unseres Opas Jurek''. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2015. .
Awards
*
MDR-Literaturpreis 2011
* Silberschweinpreis der 2012
* Aufenthaltsstipendium am Literarischen Colloquium Berlin (LCB) 2012
* Literaturpreis des
Kantons Bern 2012
* Kelag-Preis beim
Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis
The Festival of German-Language Literature () is a literary event which takes place annually in Klagenfurt, Austria. During this major literary festival which lasts for several days a number of awards are given, the major one being the Ingeborg B ...
2012
* Heinrich-Heine-Stipendium Lüneburg 2013
* Förderpreis des
Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Preis 2013
* 2014 Longlist beim
Deutschen Buchpreis mit ''Unternehmer''
References
External links
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Homepage von Matthias Nawrat
1979 births
21st-century German novelists
Writers from Berlin
Living people
People from Opole
German people of Czech descent
Polish people of Czech descent
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