Marion Poschmann

Marion Poschmann (born 15 December 1969 in Essen) is a German author, novelist, and poet.

Marion Poschmann in 2017

Life

Marion Poschmann grew up in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Essen.^[1] From 1989 to 1995, she studied German, philosophy, and Slavic studies in Bonn and Berlin.^[1] Her novel The Pine Islands was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2019.^[2]

Selected works

• Baden bei Gewitter. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-627-00089-7.
• Verschlossene Kammern. zu Klampen, Lüneburg 2002, ISBN 3-933156-76-9.
• Grund zu Schafen. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 978-3-627-00117-9.
• Schwarzweißroman. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 978-3-627-00124-7.
• Hundenovelle. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-627-00149-0.
• Geistersehen. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-518-42129-1.
• Die Sonnenposition. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-518-42401-8.
• Mondbetrachtung in mondloser Nacht. Über Dichtung. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-518-46666-7.^[3]
• Geliehene Landschaften. Lehrgedichte und Elegien. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-518-42522-0.^[3]
• Die Kieferninseln. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-518-42760-6.^[4]
  • English-language edition: The Pine Islands. Translated by Jen Calleja. Serpent's Tail, London 2019, ISBN 978-1-788-16091-9.

• Chor der Erinnyen. Roman. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2023, ISBN 978-3-518-43141-2.
• Die Winterschwimmerin. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2025, ISBN 978-3-518-43235-8.^[5]

Awards

• 2003 Wolfgang Weyrauch Promotional Prize
• 2004 scholarship from the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo
• 2005 Hans-Erich-Nossack-Förderpreis
• 2005 Literature Prize Ruhr area
• 2005 Nominated for the German Book Prize (long list)
• 2006 Literature Prize of the City of Meersburg
• 2007 sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 2009 Art Prize for Literature from the Brandenburg Lotto GmbH
• 2011 Peter Huchel Prize
• 2011 Ernst Meister Prize
• 2012 New York grant from the German Literature Fund
• 2013 Nominated for the German Book Prize (shortlist)
• 2013 Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize
• 2015 Thomas Kling Poetics Lectureship
• 2016 Nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize
• 2017 German Prize for Nature Writing
• 2017 Düsseldorf Literature Prize
• 2017 Nominated for the German Book Prize (shortlist)
• 2018 Berlin Literature Prize, combined with the guest professorship for German-language poetics at the Free University of Berlin
• 2018 Klopstock Prize for New Literature
• 2019 Nominated for the Man Booker International Prize (Shortlisted) for The Pine Islands
• 2019 Zurich Poetics Lecture
• 2020 Liliencron lectureship for poetry
• 2020 Poetry Prize Orphil
• 2020 Hölty Prize for Poetry
• 2021 Bremen Literature Prize
• 2021 Word Requests Literature Prize for critical short texts
• 2022/2023 Stadtschreiber von Bergen^[6]
• 2023 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis^[7]

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