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Ulrike Almut Sandig
Ulrike Almut Sandig was born in Großenhain, Saxony in 1979 and now lives in Leipzig. In 2001, together with the songwriter Marlen Pelny, she founded the literature projects "augenpost" (eyemail) and "ohrenpost" (earmail) in which they pasted poems onto construction fences, spread them using flyers and free post cards and gave their first performances. In 2005 Sandig completed her Magister in Religious Studies and Modern Indology. From 2007 to 2009 she was the co-editor of the literary magazine EDIT and in 2010 she received her diploma from the German Creative Writing Program Leipzig.
She has been granted a literary residency in Sydney and in Helsinki. Her works have been awarded several literary prizes. In May 2012 she will be granted the Droste Award for Emerging Talent. Several of her texts have been translated into English, French, Polish, Turkish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Rumanian, Spanish, Arabic, Ukrainian and Hindi.
Ulrike Almut Sandig has been invited to many international literary festivals and exchanges, and her poems have been widely anthologized.
Previous Publications
Zunder (Fuel, Poems 2005)
Der Tag, an dem Alma Kamillen kaufte (The Day when Alma bought Camomiles, Audio-Book, 2006)
Streumen (Streumen, Poems, 2007)
Hush little Baby (Radio Play, 2008)
Flamingos (Flamingos, Stories, 2010)
Unter Wasser (Under Water, Radio Play, 2010)
Dickicht (Thicket, Poems, 2011)
Märzwald (Marchwoods, Audio Book 2011)
Awards
Award for Emerging Talent of the City of Meersburg
Märkisch Stipend for Literature 2012
Leonce and Lena Award
Meran Lyric Award
Silberschwein Award of the LIT.Cologne
Hotlist Award (Best Books from Independent Publishers)
Titles by Ulrike Almut Sandig
