Biography Barbara Honigmann was born in East Berlin in 1949 following her parents’ return from exile in England. After taking a degree in Theatre Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin she worked as a dramatic adviser and theatre director. She has been a freelance writer and artist since 1976. She left the GDR in 1984 and moved to Strasbourg, where she currently lives with her husband and their two children.

Photo: © Peter-Andreas Hassiepen

Awards:

• 1986 aspekte Prize for Literature
• 1986 Autorenstiftung Prize
• 1992 Stefan Andres Prize
• 1994 Nicolas Born Prize
• 1996 Schiller Stiftung Prize
• 2000 Radio Drama Prize of the Kriegsblinden
• 2000 Kleist Prize, Berlin
• 2001 Jeanette Schocken Prize
• 2004 Koret Jewish Book Award (with Ahron Megged).
• 2004 Solothurn Prize for Literature