Silke Scheuermann was born in 1973 in Karlsruhe and lives in Frankfurt am Main. She studied theater and literature in Frankfurt, Leipzig and Paris and worked at the Frankfurt University German Department. Her reviews, poems and short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies.

Photo: © Paul Müller

Awards:

• 2001 Leonce und Lena Prize of the City of Darmstadt
• 2003 Lana Literature Scholarship
• 2003 Literature Scholarship at Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
• 2004 Writer in Residence in Beirut
• 2004 Literature Scholarship Villa Aurora, Los Angeles
• 2004 Scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
• 2005 Writer in Residence in Dresden