Paula Fürstenberg was born in 1987 and grew up in Potsdam. After a two-year stay in France, she studied at the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel from 2008 to 2011. Today, she lives and writes in Berlin.  

Project Description
For Paula Fürstenberg, the topics of remembrance culture, historical and biographical storytelling, depression, flight, and friendship are the focus of her work. Formally, she is interested in the possibilities of the literary list.

Publications (Selection)
2016 | „Familie der geflügelten Tiger“, Roman, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln
2019 | „Ich denke über das Internet nach und versuche, etwas weniger romanhaft zu lügen oder stockend und mit belegter Stimme zu sprechen. Über die Dehnbarkeit der Personalpronomen“, poetologischer Essay, in: edition text + kritik
2018 | „Max geht in seinem Kopf spazieren und verläuft sich“, Kurzgeschichte, in: Edit Nr. 74 2018
2018 |  „Aplysia und die Beschriftung des Gehirns“, literarischer Essay, in: 39NULL, 2018
 

Awards (Selection)
2019 | Fellowship at the international Artist Residence Villa Concordia, Bamberg
2018 | Working Scholarship of the Berlin Senate
2014 | Fellow at the Autorenwerkstatt of the Literarischen Colloquiums Berlin (LCB)
2012 | Working Scholarship of the Ministry for Science, Research and Culture Brandenburg