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Juli Zeh
Juli Zeh was born in 1974 and lives in Brandenburg. She has a doctorate in International Law, worked with UN in New York, and completed her studies in Creative Writing.
She also writes theatre plays, publishes widely in newspapers and magazines, taught at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig and is a member of the PEN club.
In 2010 she held the Poetics Lectureship at the Universtity of Tübingen.
Juli Zeh has won numerous awards, including the International Per Olov Enquist Award and the French Prix Cévennes for Best European Novel.
Altogether her work has been translated into 35 languages.
Awards (selection)
Ernst Toller Award
German Book Award (most successful debut)
Bremen Literature Award
Rauris Literature Award
Caroline Schlegel Award
Friedrich Hölderlin Award for Emerging Talent
Per Olov Enquist-Award
Prix des Cévennes
for Best European Novel
Carl Amery Literature Award
Gerty Spies Award
Solothurn Literature Award
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