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German writer
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Female
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16 November 1961(Hamburg)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Karen Duve (born 16 November 1961 in Hamburg) is a German author. After secondary school, she worked as a proof-reader and taxi driver in Hamburg. Since 1990 she has been a freelance writer.
Awards
- Preis für junge Prosa der Stadt Arnsberg 1991
- Open Mike-Literaturpreis der literaturWERKstatt Pankow 1994
- Bettina-von-Arnim-Preis 1995
- Gratwanderpreis 1996
- Literatur-Förderpreis Hamburg 2001
- Hebbel-Preis 2004
Literatur
- Lyn Marven, Stuart Taberner: Emerging German-Language Novelists of the Twenty-First Century Camden House, 2011
- The novel in German since 1990 Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011