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Hans Joachim Schädlich

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Hans Joachim Schädlich, born 1935 in Reichenbach, Saxony, studied German Literature and Linguistics in Berlin and Leipzig between 1954 and 1959, earning his Ph.D. in 1960. From 1959 to 1976 he was a research assistant at the Academy of Sciences in East Berlin. In 1977 he emigrated to West Germany, where he worked as a translator. He currently lives in Berlin as a freelance writer.

(Updated: 2020)
 
 
 

 
 

Awards

  • 2019 Erich Loest Prize
  • 2014 Berlin Literature Prize
  • 2011 Joseph Breitbach Prize
  • 2010 Corine – International Book Prize
  • 2007 Bremen Literature Prize
  • 2007 Grand Literature Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
  • 2005 Samuel Bogumil Linde Prize
  • 2004 Hoffmann von Fallersleben Prize
  • 2003 Lessing Prize
  • 1998 Schiller Memorial Prize
  • 1996 Kleist Prize
  • 1995 Hans Sahl Prize
  • 1992 Heinrich Böll Prize
  • 1986 Marburg Literature Prize

More Publications

Die Villa
Novel. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2020.

Felix und Felka
Novel. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2018.
 
Narrenleben
Novel. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2015.
 
Sire, ich eile. Voltaire bei Friedrich II.
A Novella. Reinbek bei Hamburg 2012.
 
Vorbei.
Three stories. Reinbek bei Hamburg 2007.
 
Anders
Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2003.
 
Gib ihm Sprache
Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1999.
 
Schott
Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1992.
 
Ostwestberlin
Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1987.
 
Versuchte Nähe
Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1977.

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