Ulrike Edschmid
Ulrike Edschmid, born in 1940, pursued literary studies in Berlin and Frankfurt and studied at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin, where she still lives today. She writes prose and literary non-fiction and is also famous for her art. She was, among other prizes, awarded the Grimmelshausen Prize in 2013, the Cotta Prize for her lifework in 2014, and the Günter Grass Prize in 2021.
Ulrike Edschmid, born in 1940, pursued literary studies in Berlin and Frankfurt and studied at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin, where she still lives today. She writes prose and literary non-fiction and is also famous for her art. She was, among other prizes, awarded the Grimmelshausen Prize in 2013, the Cotta Prize for her lifework in 2014, and the Günter Grass Prize in 2021.
Günter Grass-Preis 2021
Wilhelm Raabe-Literaturpreis 2021 (shortlist)
Johann Friedrich von Cotta-Literaturpreis 2014
Preis der SWR-Bestenliste 2013
Grimmelshausen-Preis 2013
Günter Grass-Preis 2021
Wilhelm Raabe-Literaturpreis 2021 (shortlist)
Johann Friedrich von Cotta-Literaturpreis 2014
Preis der SWR-Bestenliste 2013
Grimmelshausen-Preis 2013
PUBLICATIONS
The Last Patient
After a few...
Levy’s Testament
They meet in Berlin but in London they become a couple. They spend their days in a court room at the Old Bailey, to support anarchists facing draconian prison sentences. Strikes, squatting, IRA attacks and the tough measures taken by the government shape everyday life in the winter of 1972. The couple explore the city, floating through it weightlessly as though in a dream. The Englishman (as...
A Man Who Falls
Summer 1986. Berlin-Charlottenburg. A man climbs up onto a ladder to paint the ceiling of a flat in a turn-of-the-century building he intends to move into with his partner. He loses his balance and falls. Afterwards, nothing at all is like it was. Little else could have shattered the life of two people at the beginning of their future together in such a brutal way. But what at first seems like...
The Disappearance of Philip S.
France (Piranha), Denmark (Vandkunsten)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Italy (e/o), Turkey (Aylak Adam)
