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410:(New Directions, 2010; Portobello, 2011).
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3019:21st-century German short story writers
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1160:"ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt - Home"
1097:Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis (2 July 2001).
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756:Bartel, Heike and Elizabeth Boa (eds.)
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231:and a world premiere of her own piece
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713:New York Times Notable Book List 2018
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1285:"100 Best Books of the 21st Century"
635:2008: Hertha-Koenig-Literature Prize
631:Heimito von Doderer Literature Prize
447:Novellas and short story collections
1164:eisenhuettenstadt.arcelormittal.com
683:International Dublin Literary Award
638:2009: Award of the North LiteraTour
498:The Old Child and The Book of Words
472:The Old Child and The Book of Words
937:Erlanger, Steven (26 April 2024).
806:Erpenbeck, Jenny (18 April 2016).
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3004:20th-century German women writers
1654:Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick
668:Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
462:Published with five stories from
338:Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
120:Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
95:Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
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1424:Early New High German literature
833:Irvine, Lindesay (27 May 2015).
209:in her parish church and in the
564:Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces
560:Kein Roman: Texte 1992 bis 2018
525:Physical Exercises for a Sinner
521:Leibesübungen für eine Sünderin
470:(New Directions, 2005), and in
468:The Old Child and Other Stories
197:Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory
85:Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory
1233:(www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle.
1029:Marshall, Alex (21 May 2024).
646:Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize
442:(Granta/New Directions, 2023).
323:Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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1063:Creamer, Ella (21 May 2024).
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859:Creamer, Ella (21 May 2024).
288:: her debut novella in 1999,
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81:Humboldt University of Berlin
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614:2004: GEDOK literature prize
554:Things That Are Disappearing
374:with her husband, conductor
2647:Adelbert von Chamisso Prize
1782:Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
1710:Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
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760:. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2006.
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1787:Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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1685:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1634:Johann Michael Moscherosch
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1510:Reformation era literature
1414:Old High German literature
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916:"Und immer wieder der Tod"
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625:Solothurner Literaturpreis
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357:International Booker Prize
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99:International Booker Prize
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1695:Johann Christian Günther
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304:); in 2004, the novella
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2672:Leipzig Book Fair Prize
2632:Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
2554:Rudolf Christoph Eucken
1566:Albrecht von Johansdorf
1500:Swiss writers in German
1264:www.bundespraesident.de
773:No Fear of Big Emotions
550:Dinge, die verschwinden
351:was longlisted for the
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269:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
229:Duke Bluebeard's Castle
206:Duke Bluebeard's Castle
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2974:German women novelists
1887:Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
1792:Joseph von Eichendorff
1561:Wolfram von Eschenbach
1404:History of Switzerland
812:Freiburger Nachrichten
808:"Vom Ausgelieferstein"
656:Joseph Breitbach Prize
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2088:Hugo von Hofmannsthal
1993:Rolf Dieter Brinkmann
1777:Adelbert von Chamisso
1571:Heinrich von Morungen
1495:Liechtenstein writers
1134:Kunstraum-Sylt Quelle
699:Strega European Prize
515:Cats Have Seven Lives
424:Gehen, ging, gegangen
233:Cats Have Seven Lives
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2662:Heinrich Heine Prize
2228:Erich Maria Remarque
2198:Friederike Mayröcker
2033:Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1185:"Wingate Prize 2011"
896:on 28 September 2011
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2642:Sigmund Freud Prize
2637:Georg Büchner Prize
2451:Emine Sevgi Özdamar
2163:Else Lasker-Schüler
2028:Heimito von Doderer
1872:Heinrich von Kleist
1862:Friedrich Hölderlin
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1546:Reinmar von Hagenau
1459:Austrian literature
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1195:on 25 February 2012
980:. 13 September 2023
500:(Portobello, 2008).
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370:Erpenbeck lives in
174:wardrobe supervisor
2758:Christoph Ransmayr
2652:Hans Fallada Prize
2233:Rainer Maria Rilke
2153:Siegfried Kracauer
2043:Marieluise Fleißer
1958:Johannes R. Becher
1837:Johann Peter Hebel
1731:Friedrich Schiller
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1394:History of Germany
1140:on 23 October 2007
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685:, shortlisted for
662:Hans Fallada Prize
648:, shortlisted for
600:Awards and honours
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2248:Ernst von Salomon
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1943:Ingeborg Bachmann
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1827:Gerhart Hauptmann
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1807:Jeremias Gotthelf
1757:Bettina von Arnim
1680:Christian Gellert
1581:Dietrich von Bern
1536:Der von Kürenberg
1434:Weimar Classicism
890:"Jenny Erpenbeck"
766:978-90-420-2051-1
731:Uwe Johnson Prize
693:Thomas Mann Prize
494:The Book of Words
310:The Book of Words
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2886:Franz Hohler
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2734:Monika Maron
2667:Kleist Prize
2657:Goethe Prize
2614:Peter Handke
2609:Herta Müller
2599:Günter Grass
2471:Ingo Schulze
2466:Rafik Schami
2441:Herta Müller
2436:Terézia Mora
2426:Monika Maron
2376:Peter Handke
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2342:Contemporary
2333:Stefan Zweig
2323:Christa Wolf
2318:Franz Werfel
2288:Ernst Toller
2278:Anna Seghers
2273:W. G. Sebald
2223:Robert Musil
2218:Adolf Muschg
2208:Erich Mühsam
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2143:Sarah Kirsch
2138:Irmgard Keun
2118:Ernst Jünger
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2098:Ricarda Huch
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2063:Günter Grass
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1948:Hermann Bahr
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2798:Erich Hackl
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