Judith Hermann was born in Berlin in 1970. Her debut story collection Summerhouse, Later (1998) was extremely well received. Judith Hermann lives and writes in Berlin.
(Updated: 2026)
Awards
2023 Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize
2022 LiteraTour Nord Prize
2022 Bremen Literature Prize
2021 Rheingau Literature Prize
2018 Blixen Prize for *Lettipark*
2014 Erich Fried Prize
2009 Friedrich Hölderlin Prize
2001 Kleist Prize
1999 Hugo Ball Encouragement Prize
1999 Encouragement Prize for the Bremen Literature Prize
Featured Books
Ich möchte zurückgehen in der Zeit [I'd Like to Go Back in Time]
