Marion Poschmann

{{short description|German author, novelist, and poet}}

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Marion Poschmann (born 15 December 1969 in Essen) is a German author, novelist, and poet.

Life

Marion Poschmann grew up in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Essen.{{cite web | title=Marion Poschmann – Autorenlexikon | website=LiteraturPort | date=17 February 2020 | url=https://www.literaturport.de/Marion.Poschmann/ | language=de | access-date=28 April 2022}} From 1989 to 1995 she studied German, philosophy, and Slavic studies in Bonn and Berlin. Her novel The Pine Islands was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2019.{{cite web |title=2019 shortlist announced- Man Booker International Prize |url=https://themanbookerprize.com/international/news/2019-shortlist-announced-man-booker-international-prize |website=The Man Booker Prize |accessdate=18 April 2019}}

Selected works

  • Baden bei Gewitter. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2002, {{ISBN|3-627-00089-7}}.
  • Verschlossene Kammern. zu Klampen, Lüneburg 2002, {{ISBN|3-933156-76-9}}.
  • Grund zu Schafen. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2004, {{ISBN|978-3-627-00117-9}}.
  • Schwarzweißroman. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2005, {{ISBN|978-3-627-00124-7}}.
  • Hundenovelle. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2008, {{ISBN|978-3-627-00149-0}}.
  • Geistersehen. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-518-42129-1}}.
  • Die Sonnenposition. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2013, {{ISBN|978-3-518-42401-8}}.
  • Mondbetrachtung in mondloser Nacht. Über Dichtung. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016, {{ISBN|978-3-518-46666-7}}.{{cite web | title=Lyrik von Marion Poschmann – Dichtung als Schule des Sehens | website=Deutschlandfunk | date=28 April 2021 | url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/lyrik-von-marion-poschmann-dichtung-als-schule-des-sehens-100.html | language=de | access-date=28 April 2022}}
  • Geliehene Landschaften. Lehrgedichte und Elegien. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2016, {{ISBN|978-3-518-42522-0}}.
  • Die Kieferninseln. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2017, {{ISBN|978-3-518-42760-6}}.{{cite web |first=Claudia |last=Kramatschek | title=Marion Poschmann auf suhrkamp.de | website=Suhrkamp Verlag | date=16 June 2021 | url=https://www.suhrkamp.de/person/marion-poschmann-p-8096 | language=de | access-date=28 April 2022}}
  • English-language edition: The Pine Islands. Translated by Jen Calleja. Serpent's Tail, London 2019, {{ISBN|978-1-788-16091-9}}.
  • Chor der Erinnyen. Roman. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2023, {{ISBN|978-3-518-43141-2}}.
  • Die Winterschwimmerin. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2025, {{ISBN|978-3-518-43235-8}}.{{cite web | title=Marion Poschmann — Die Winterschwimmerin — Verslegende | website=Suhrkamp Verlag | date=2025 | url=https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/marion-poschmann-die-winterschwimmerin-t-9783518432358 | language=de | access-date=6 April 2025}}

Awards

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  • 2003 Wolfgang Weyrauch Promotional Prize
  • 2004 scholarship from the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo
  • 2005 Hans-Erich-Nossack-Förderpreis
  • 2005 Literature Prize Ruhr area
  • 2005 Nominated for the German Book Prize (long list)
  • 2006 Literature Prize of the City of Meersburg
  • 2007 sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 2009 Art Prize for Literature from the Brandenburg Lotto GmbH
  • 2011 Peter Huchel Prize
  • 2011 Ernst Meister Prize
  • 2012 New York grant from the German Literature Fund
  • 2013 Nominated for the German Book Prize (shortlist)
  • 2013 Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize
  • 2015 Thomas Kling Poetics Lectureship
  • 2016 Nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize
  • 2017 German Prize for Nature Writing
  • 2017 Düsseldorf Literature Prize
  • 2017 Nominated for the German Book Prize (shortlist)
  • 2018 Berlin Literature Prize, combined with the guest professorship for German-language poetics at the Free University of Berlin
  • 2018 Klopstock Prize for New Literature
  • 2019 Nominated for the Man Booker International Prize (Shortlisted) for The Pine Islands
  • 2019 Zurich Poetics Lecture
  • 2020 Liliencron lectureship for poetry
  • 2020 Poetry Prize Orphil
  • 2020 Hölty Prize for Poetry
  • 2021 Bremen Literature Prize
  • 2021 Word Requests Literature Prize for critical short texts
  • 2022/2023 Stadtschreiber von Bergen{{cite web | title=Marion Poschmann neue Stadtschreiberin von Bergen-Enkheim | website=hessenschau.de | date=30 June 2022 | url=https://www.hessenschau.de/kultur/marion-poschmann-neue-stadtschreiberin-von-bergen-enkheim,stadtschreiberin-marion-poschmann-100.html | language=de | access-date=15 October 2022}}
  • 2023 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis{{cite web | title=Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2023 an Marion Poschmann : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | website=Mainz | date=4 September 2023 | url=https://www.adwmainz.de/nachrichten/artikel/joseph-breitbach-preis-2023-an-marion-poschmann.html | language=de | access-date=19 December 2023}}

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