Jan Wagner

German poet and translator · Germany · On the map · Writers · Born 1971 · age 55

Jan Wagner is a German poet, essayist and translator, recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize and Leipzig Book Fair Prize.

Jan Wagner is read about 25 times a day, in 11 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 24 August 2026

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2017Georg Büchner PrizeAward2016Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prizeAward2015Leipzig Book Fair Prize/FictionAward2011Friedrich Hölderlin PrizeAwardKranichsteiner LiteraturpreisAward2005Ernst-Meister-Preis für LyrikAward2004Anna Seghers PrizeAward1971Born18 October 1971