Karen Duve

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Karen Duve (born 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.

[edit] Works

• "Im tiefen Schnee ein stilles Heim", short stories, Achilla Presse 1995, ISBN 3-928398-27-X
• "Bruno Orso fliegt ins Weltall", (with Judith Zaugg), comic, Maro Verlag 1997, ISBN 3-87512-658-0
• "Lexikon berühmter Tiere", (with Thies Völker), Eichborn 1997, ISBN 3-8218-0505-6
• "Keine Ahnung. Erzählungen", Suhrkamp 1999, ISBN 3-518-39535-1
• "Lexikon berühmter Pflanzen", (with Thies Völker), List TB 1999, ISBN 3-548-60198-7
• "Regenroman", Ullstein 1999, ISBN 3-548-60028-X (English translation entitled Rain)
• "Weihnachten mit Thomas Müller", Eichborn 2003, ISBN 3-8218-0747-4
• "Dies ist kein Liebeslied", 2004, ISBN 3-442-45603-7 (English translation entitled This Is Not a Love Song)

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

• Works by and about Karen Duve in the German National Library catalogue