Brigitte Kronauer was born in Essen in 1940 and lives as a writer in Hamburg. Her work has received several awards, including the Fontane Prize of the City of Berlin, the Heinrich Böll Prize, the Hubert Fichte Prize of the City of Hamburg and the Joseph Breitbach Prize.

Photo: © Marijan Murat

Awards:

• 1985 Fontane Prize of the City of Berlin
• 1989 Heinrich Böll Prize
• 1989 GEDOK Ida Dehmel Prize
• 1998 Hubert Fichte Prize of the City of Hamburg
• 1998 Joseph Breitbach Prize of Mainz (together with Hans Boesch and Friedhelm Kemp)
• 2001 Ruhr Area Literature Prize
• 2003 Mörike Prize of the City of Fellbach/Remstal
• 2003 Grimmelshausen Prize
• 2004 Vilencia Prize
• 2005 Bremen Literature Prize
• 2005 Georg Büchner Prize