Ingo Schulze

German writer · Germany · On the map · Writers · Born 1962 · age 63

Ingo Schulze is a German writer born in Dresden in former East Germany. He studied classical philology at the University of Jena for five years, and, until German reunification, was an assistant director at the State Theatre in Altenburg 45 km south of Leipzig for two years.

Ingo Schulze is read about 53 times a day, in 18 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 16 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2020Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2013Bertolt-Brecht-LiteraturpreisAwardManhae PrizeAward2011Mainz resident writerAward2009Brüder-Grimm-PoetikprofessurAward2008Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prizeAward2007Leipzig Book Fair Prize/FictionAwardThüringer LiteraturpreisAward2006Peter-Weiss PrizeAward2001Joseph-Breitbach-PreisAward1998Johannes Bobrowski MedalAward1995Alfred Döblin PrizeAwardAspekte-LiteraturpreisAwardErnst Willner PrizeAward1962Born15 December 1962

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Ingo Schulze (2004)

Awards

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2020

Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis2013

Manhae Prize2013

Mainz resident writer2011

Brüder-Grimm-Poetikprofessur2009

Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize2008

Leipzig Book Fair Prize/Fiction2007

Thüringer Literaturpreis2007

Peter-Weiss Prize2006

Joseph-Breitbach-Preis2001

Johannes Bobrowski Medal1998

Alfred Döblin Prize1995

Ernst Willner Prize1995

Aspekte-Literaturpreis1995

Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo

About this person

After sleeping through the events of the night of 9 November 1989, Schulze started a newspaper with friends. He was encouraged to write. Schulze spent six months in St Petersburg which became the basis for his debut collection of short stories 33 Moments of Happiness (1995).

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Germany