Ingo Schulze was born in Dresden in 1962.
Following studies in classical philology, he worked in Altenburg, East Germany, as a theater dramaturge and newspaper editor. His first book was 33 Augenblicke des Glücks (33 Moments of Happiness), three stories of which were published in The New Yorker. This debut was followed by Ein Roman aus der ostdeutschen Provinz (Simple Stories), a portrait of small-town life in the that Der Spiegel called “the long-awaited novel about unified Germany.”
Among Ingo Schulze’s numerous literary awards are the Joseph Breitbach Literaturpreis and the Peter-Weiss-Preis. He is a member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin; the Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt; and the Sächische Akademie der Künste. His works have been translated into 27 languages.
Ingo Schulze lives in Berlin with his family.
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