Daniela Dröscher, born in Munich in 1977, grew up in Rhineland-Palatinate, lives in Berlin. She writes prose, essays & theater texts and curates literary formats on sociological issues. Her doctorate at the University of Potsdam on Yōko Tawada's poetology was followed by a diploma in "Scenic Writing" at uniT Graz.


Publications (selection)

2009 | The Lights of George Psalmanazar, novel, Berlin Verlag.

2010 | Glora. Stories, Berlin Verlag.

2012 | Pola. Novel, Berlin Verlag.

2018 | Show Your Class. The story of my social origins, memoir, Hoffmann & Campe.

2022 | Lügen über meine Mutter, novel, Kiepenheuer & Witsch.

 

Awards (selection)

2009 | Anna Seghers Prize

2010 | Bayern 2 Wordplay Prize

2012 | Koblenz Literature Prize

2014 | Residency Fellowship at the Villa Decius Krakow

2015 | Residency at the Maison Jules Roy, Vézelay

2016 | Scholarship of the German Literature Fund

2017 | Robert Gernhardt Prize

2018 | Scholarship of the German Literature Fund

2020 | Scholarship of the Berlin Senate

2022 | Residency at the Villa Kamogawa, Kyōto

2022 | Scholarship of the German Literature Fund