Born in Tailfingen (Württemberg), Marcel Beyer grew up in Kiel and Neuss. He took courses in German Studies, English Studies and Literature at Siegen University, and gained his MA in 1992 with a thesis on Friederike Mayröcker. As both a poet and the author of novels and essays, Marcel Beyer is one of the key voices in contemporary German-language literature. He has lived in Dresden since 1996.
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