Clara Leinemann

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Clara Leinemann
Clara Leinemann was born in 1994 in Cologne and studied creative writing in Hildesheim. Her play Buddeln (Digging) received numerous prizes and was staged in various theatres in Germany and in translatoin in the Netherlands. She has received multiple grants for her work, including work stipends from the Berlin Senate and the Fritz-Hüser-Institut. Gelbe Monster is her first novel.
Clara Leinemann was born in 1994 in Cologne and studied creative writing in Hildesheim. Her play Buddeln (Digging) received numerous prizes and was staged in various theatres in Germany and in translatoin in the Netherlands. She has received multiple grants for her work, including work stipends from the Berlin Senate and the Fritz-Hüser-Institut. Gelbe Monster is her first novel.
Awards (selection)
lit.COLOGNE Debut Prize 2026 (nomination)
lit.COLOGNE Debut Prize 2026 (nomination)
PUBLICATIONS
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Year of Publication: 2026
Clara LeinemannYear of Publication: 2026
Yellow Monsters
»All she'd done was fall in love. Is that supposed to be a crime or something?«
Charlie, a PhD candidate in mathematics, is sitting on the U-Bahn with a black eye googling »bad...
Charlie, a PhD candidate in mathematics, is sitting on the U-Bahn with a black eye googling »bad...
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