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Jenny Erpenbeck
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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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