Kathrin Groß-Striffler
Kathrin Groß-Striffler (* 1955 in Würzburg ) is a German writer who, in addition to the literary prize of the university town of Marburg and the Marburg-Biedenkopf district, also received the Alfred Döblin Prize .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1974, Kathrin Groß-Striffler began studying English and Romance languages at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg , the University of Nantes and the University of Virginia . She then spent three years abroad, working for a year and a half as manager of a horse farm in the USA . After her return to Germany, she passed the first and second state exams and after her legal clerkship worked for a year as a teacher at a high school in Bavaria . Since 1998 she has published her first literary works in anthologies and literary magazines such as Wandler - Zeitschrift für Literatur . In 2017, Groß-Striffler became a member of the PEN Center Germany .
In 2000 she was awarded the literature prize of the university town of Marburg and the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf for her volume of stories Unterholz . In 2003 she was honored with the Alfred Döblin Prize for her novel Die Hütte , published in 2003. In 2006 she received an author's grant from the Thuringia Cultural Foundation .
more publishments
Her other publications include:
- Das Gut: Roman , Leipzig 2003, ISBN 3-379-00804-4
- The hut: Roman , Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-351-02989-6
- Mr. M. and the belief in happiness: Erzählungen , Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-379-00817-6
- Yesterday: Roman , Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-351-03206-7
- Domino: Erzählungen , Weimar 2007, ISBN 978-3-86160-322-1
- Zum Meer , Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-351-03291-3
- A cup of tea : Stories, Halle (Saale) 2017, ISBN 978-3-95462-907-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Kathrin Groß-Striffler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on (perlentaucher.de)
- Entry (lyrikwelt.de)
- Entry (fbk-thueringen.de)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gross-Striffler, Kathrin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |