Elke Erb
German poet and translator (1938-2024) · Germany · On the map · Writers · Died at 85
Elke Erb was a German author-poet based in Berlin. She also worked as a literary editor and translator.
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2024Died22 January 20242020Georg Büchner PrizeAward2018Mörike-Preis der Stadt FellbachAward2013Ernst Jandl PrizeAward2012Georg-Trakl-Preis für LyrikAwardRoswitha PrizeAward2011Erlangen Literature Prize for Poetry in TranslationAwardPreis der LiteraturhäuserAward2007Hans-Erich-Nossack-PreisAward1999F.-C.-Weiskopf-PreisAward1995Erich Fried PrizeAwardIda-Dehmel-LiteraturpreisAward1990Heinrich Mann PrizeAward1988Peter-Huchel-PreisAward1938Born18 February 1938
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Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2024 · aged 85
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The same award as Elke
Wolf BiermannBoth received Mörike-Preis der Stadt Fellbach
Friederike MayröckerBoth received Hans-Erich-Nossack-Preis
Georges-Arthur GoldschmidtBoth received Erlangen Literature Prize for Poetry in Translation
Feridun ZaimoğluBoth received Preis der Literaturhäuser
Stephan HermlinBoth received F.-C.-Weiskopf-Preis
Barbara FrischmuthBoth received Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis