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Jenny Erpenbeck
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Jenny Erpenbeck is indexed among the 33 entries in Vinony's International Booker Prize collection.
Within Vinony's link graph, Jenny Erpenbeck is referenced by 245 other articles, and connects out to Germany, Austria and German.
It sits within the topics 1967 births, 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights and 20th-century German short story writers.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1967-03-12 ) 12 March 1967 (age 59) , East Berlin , East Germany
- Language
- German
- Alma mater
- Humboldt University of Berlin , Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory
- Notable awards
- Independent Foreign Fiction Prize , International Booker Prize
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jenny
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- East Berlin
- Father
- John Erpenbeck
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- Hanns Eisler Music School Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Field of work
- writer
- Image
- Jenny Erpenbeck - November 2021.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1967-03-12
- Commons category
- Jenny Erpenbeck
- nominated for
- German Book Prize
- writing language
- German
- name in native language
- Jenny Erpenbeck
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Encyclopedic overview
Jenny Erpenbeck ( German pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛni ˈɛʁpm̩bɛk]; born 12 March 1967) is a German writer and opera director. She won the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The End of Days and the 2024 International Booker Prize for Kairos.
Life
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