Katja Oskamp Explained

Katja Oskamp
Birth Date:	1970 2, df=yes
Occupation:	writer
Birth Place:	Leipzig, East Germany
Alma Mater:	Theaterhochschule Leipzig German Institute for Literature
Awards:	Rauris Literature Prize (2004) Anna Seghers Prize (2007) International Dublin Literary Award (2023)

Katja Oskamp (born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig) is a German writer. She won the 2023 International Dublin Literary Award.

Personal life and education

Oskamp was born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig, Germany and grew up in Berlin.^[1] ^[2] She studied theatre at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig (1989–1991) and literature at the German Institute for Literature (1999–2002).

Oskamp lives in Berlin.

Career

Oskamp began her career working as a playwright at the Volkstheater Rostock.

In 2000, she won her first literary prize for a short story called Rolf und Mucki und so weiter. Three years later, she debuted a short story collection called Halbschwimmer about childhood and youth in East Germany, which won the Rauris Literature Prize.^[3] In 2007, she published her first novel, Die Staubfängerin, which won her the Anna Seghers Prize.^[4]

In 2019, Oskamp published Marzahn, Mon Amour, a novel about the elderly citizens of Berlin, based on the author's own observations as a practising chiropodist in the Marzahn district, after deciding to change her career.^[5] It was her first work to be translated into English. The translation created by Jo Heinrich won the 2023 International Dublin Literary Award.^[6]

Awards

Awards for Oskamp's writing!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.
2004	Halbschwimmer	Rauris Literature Prize	Winner
2007	Die Staubfängerin	Anna Seghers Prize	Winner
2023	Marzahn, Mon Amour	International Dublin Literary Award	Winner

Works

Book: Oskamp, Katja . Halbschwimmer . 2005 . 978-3-8333-0148-3 . de.
Book: Oskamp, Katja . 2 . Die Staubfängerin . 2007 . 978-3-250-60111-1 . de.
Book: Oskamp, Katja . 2 . Hellersdorfer Perle . 2010 . 978-3-8218-6110-4 . de.
Book: Oskamp, Katja . 2 . Marzahn, mon amour . 2019 . 978-3-446-26414-4 . de. ^[7]

Notes and References

Web site: 2020-07-28 . Katja Oskamp – Munzinger Biographie . 26 July 2023 . Internationales Biographisches Archive . German . 26 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230726183247/https://www.munzinger.de/search/go/document.jsp?id=00000032079 . live .
Web site: Katja Oskamp . 26 July 2023 . . en-US . 6 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230606022627/https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/authors/katja-oskamp/ . live .
Web site: Bestes Debüt: Katja Oskamp erhält Rauriser Literaturpreis . 26 July 2023 . . de . 26 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230726183243/https://www.mz.de/kultur/bestes-debut-katja-oskamp-erhalt-rauriser-literaturpreis-2877566 . live .
Web site: The Pearl . 26 July 2023 . New Books in German . en . 3 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603105344/https://www.new-books-in-german.com/recommendations/the-pearl/#abouttheauthor . live .
Web site: Venner . Catherine . Marzahn, mon amour by Katja Oskamp . 26 July 2023 . World Literature Today . en . 22 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230322025910/https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2020/autumn/marzahn-mon-amour-katja-oskamp . live .
Web site: Bayley . Sian . 2023-05-25 . Oskamp and Heinrich win Dublin Literary Award for 'warm and witty' Marzahn, Mon Amour . 26 July 2023 . . En . 26 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230526215418/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/oskamp-and-heinrich-win-dublin-literary-award-for-warm-and-witty--marzahn-mon-amour . live .
Web site: Katja Oskamp . 26 July 2023 . Perlentaucher . 2 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230202122849/https://www.perlentaucher.de/autor/katja-oskamp.html . live .