Michael Kleeberg (born 24 August 1959 in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

), is a German writer and translator. He studied

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

and

modern history The modern era or the modern period is considered the current historical period of human history. It was originally applied to the history of Europe and Western history for events that came after the Middle Ages, often from around the year 1500, ...

at the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (, also referred to as UHH) is a public university, public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('':de:Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen, ...

and

visual communication Visual communication is the use of visual elements to convey ideas and information which include (but are not limited to) signs, typography, drawing, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, advertising, animation, and electronic resourc ...

at the Kunsthochschule Hamburg. He lived in Rome, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris in the 1980s and 1990s. Since 2000 he lives in Berlin as a full-time writer and translator from English and French.

Bibliography

* ''Böblinger Brezeln.'' Munich 1984. * ''Der saubere Tod.'' Munich 1987. * ''Proteus der Pilger.'' Halle 1993. * ''Barfuß.'' Short stories,

Kiepenheuer & Witsch Kiepenheuer & Witsch is a German publishing house, established in 1948 by Joseph C. Witsch and Gustav Kiepenheuer. The partners initially held 30% and 40% of the company's share capital respectively. The publisher is based in Cologne, Germany an ...

, Cologne 1995. * ''Terror in Normalien.'' Comedy, Hunzinger Bühnenverlag, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe 1995. * ''Der Kommunist vom Montmartre und andere Geschichten.'' Kiepenheuer und Witsch, Cologne 1997. * ''Ein Garten im Norden.'' Ullstein, Berlin 1998. * ''The King of Corsica'' (''Der König von Korsika''). Novel. DVA, Stuttgart/ Munich 2001. In English 2007. * ''Das Tier, das weint. Libanesisches Reisetagebuch.'' DVA, Munich 2004. * ''Karlmann.'' btb, Munich 2007. * ''Aufgehoben. Kleines Mainzer Brevier.'' Schmidt, Mainz 2008. * ''Das Amerikanische Hospital.'' Novel. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. * ''Luca Puck und der Herr der Ratten.'' Dressler. * ''Michael Kleeberg im Gespräch.'' Wehrhahn, Hannover 2013. * ''Vaterjahre.'' Novel. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2014.

Accolades

* 1996:

Anna Seghers-Preis Anna Seghers Preis is a literary prize of Germany. The prize goes back to the German writer Anna Seghers (1900–1983), who stated in her testament that the revenues from her work should be used to encourage promising young writers. The award is ...

* 2000:

Lion-Feuchtwanger-Preis The Lion Feuchtwanger Prize is a German literary prize for historical prose. It is awarded by the Academy of Arts, Berlin on 7 July, the anniversary of his birthday. It was endowed by Marta Feuchtwanger, the widow of Lion Feuchtwanger. It was awa ...

* 2008:

Mainzer Stadtschreiber The Mainzer Stadtschreiber (City clerk in Mainz) is an annual German literature award. It is awarded by ZDF, 3sat and the city of Mainz and was founded in 1984. The award is endowed with €12,500. Additionally the laureate receives the right to l ...

* 2008: Irmgard-Heilmann-Preis * 2011: New-York-Stipendium des Deutschen Literaturfonds * 2011:

Evangelischer Buchpreis Evangelischer Buchpreis (English: Evangelical Book Prize), is an annual literary award in Germany since 1979. The books are nominated by the public and the award is given by a jury. The prize is awarded by . The prize money was €5,000 since 1979 ...

for ''Das Amerikanische Hospital'' * 2013: Saarländischer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis 2012 * 2015: Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis der Stadt Bad Homburg

References

External links

Official website
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