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  • Albert Wendt

    Albert Wendt has been living in a village near Leipzig since his childhood. There he sits under the apple tree, in bad weather in a house next to it, and…

  • Markus Werner

    Markus Werner, born in 1944 in Eschlikon, studied German, Philosophy and Psychology in Zurich, where he also gained his Ph.D. with a paper on Max Frisch. In 1984 he published…

  • Urs Widmer

    Urs Widmer, born in Basel in 1938, studied German, Romance languages and history in Basel, Montpellier, and Paris. He then worked as a publishing editor at Walter Verlag, Olten, and…

  • Katharina Winkler

    Katharina Winkler, born in Vienna in 1979, studied German and Theatre Studies. Blauschmuck, published by Suhrkamp in 2016, is her widely-praised debut novel. The novel has been to date translated…

  • Heinrich August Winkler

    Heinrich August Winkler, born in Königsberg in 1938, studied History, Philosophy and Law in Tübingen, Münster, and Heidelberg. He did his post-doc in 1970 at the Free University of Berlin.

  • Josef Winkler

    Josef Winkler was born in 1953 in Kamering near Paternion in Corinthia, Austria. After primary school he spent three years at the business school in Villach. After spending some time…

  • Patrick Wirbeleit

    Patrick Wirbeleit, born in Lüneburg in 1971, is an author and illustrator of children’s books and comics. His works include the comics Kiste (illustrator: Uwe Heidschötter), Störtebeker and Kleiner Thor…

  • Sylvia Witt

    As a duo, Oliver Uschmann and Sylvia Witt have already published several novels for young adults and adults and also non-fiction books. The two live together with two tomcats in…

  • Uwe Wittstock

    Uwe Wittstock, born in 1955, is a German literary critic, editor and author. He was literary editor in the feature section of the FAZ, editor for German-language literature at S.

  • Hubert Wolf

    Hubert Wolf, born 1959, is a German church historian and professor at the University of Münster. He was awarded a Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2003. His books include Pope…

  • Christa Wolf

    Christa Wolf was born in 1929 in Landsberg an der Warthe. After finishing high school in Bad Frankenhausen, she joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1949. From…

  • Iris Wolff

    Iris Wolff, born in 1977 in Hermannstadt/Siebenbürgen, Romania, is a German writer. Wolff is a member of the International Exile P.E.N. and primarily writes novels and short stories. In 2012,…