Daniela Dröscher, born in 1977, lives in Berlin. She earned a doctorate in media studies on the poetology of the German-Japanese author Yoko Tawada, as well as a degree in “dramatic writing”. Among other accolades, she has received the Anna Seghers Prize, a work grant from the German Literature Fund, and the Robert Gernhardt Prize (2017). She has published two novels previously, her novel Pola (2012) was translated into Polish. Lies About My Mother is her first book published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch.
(Updated: 2023)
