Julia Franck
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Julia Franck (born February 20, 1970 in East Berlin) is a German writer.
In 1978 Julia Franck and her family moved to West Berlin and later to Schleswig-Holstein. She studied German Literature and American Studies at the Free University of Berlin and spent several time in the United States and the Americas. She worked as an editor at Radio Free Berlin and contributed to various newspapers and magazines. She lives with her children in Berlin.
Franck has received several awards, most notably the 3Sat Prize at the esteemed Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in 2000.
[edit] Works
- Der neue Koch (1997)
- Liebediener (1999)
- Bauchlandung (2000)
- Lagerfeuer (2003)
[edit] External links
- Interview with Julia Franck on The Ledge, an independent platform for world literature. Includes excerpt and audio.
