Ulrich Peltzer was born in Krefeld in 1956. He studied philosophy and psychology in Berlin, where he has lived as a freelance writer since 1975.

Photo: © Katharina Kneisel

Awards:

• 1992 Awarded a scholarship for Stefan Martinez in the context of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize competition
• 1997 Anna Seghers Prize for German-language Authors
• 1999 South-West German Radio ‘List of the Best’ Prize
• 2001 Lower Rhine Prize for Literature
• 2003 Bremen Prize for Literature
• 2008 Berlin Literature Award of the Preussische Seehandlung Foundation
• 2008 Spycher: Literature Award Leuk
• 2008 d.lit - Literature Award Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf