Ulrike Almut Sandig

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Ulrike Almut Sandig (born 1979) is a German writer. She was born in Großenhain in the former GDR, and has lived in Riesa, Leipzig and Berlin. She studied religion and indology at university, and then studied at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig.[1]

She started her writing career by distributing her poems in public places in Leipzig. She has published three volumes of poetry: Zunder (2005/2009), Streumen (2007), and Dickicht (2011). Her first book of short stories titled Flamingos came out in 2010. She has also written for the radio, and published audiobooks.[2]

She has received numerous prizes, among them the Leonce-und-Lena Prize (2009) and the Droste-Preis for Emerging Talent (Literaturförderpreis) (2012). She has also done residencies in Helsinki and Sydney. Her work has been translated into various languages, and an English-language selection of her work, translated by Karen Leeder, was nominated for the Schlegel-Tieck Prize.[3] Most recently she was awarded the  [de] in 2018, the Roswitha Prize in 2020[4] and the  [de] in 2021.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Flamingos".
  2. ^ "Ulrike Almut Sandig – Contributor(s) – Asymptote Blog".
  3. ^ "The German Riveter: TWO POEMS by Ulrike Almut Sandig from ICH BIN EIN FELD VOLLER RAPS, VERSTECKE DIE REHE UND LEUCHTE WIE DREIZEHN ÖLGEMÄLDE ÜBEREINANDERGELEGT (Schoeffling + Co, 2016), translated by Karen Leeder". European Literature Network. 2 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Der "Roswitha-Preis 2020" geht an Ulrike Almut Sandig". BuchMarkt (in German). 11 March 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Ulrike Almut Sandig – Schöffling & Co. Verlag". Die neuen Bücher 2021 – Schöffling & Co. Verlag (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ^ Bortoli, Nathalie Isabelle (11 May 2021). "Uni Bonn feiert zehn Jahre Poetikdozentur: Poetik für die Praxis". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2021.

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