Germany – Judith Hermann
Judith Hermann was born in Berlin in 1970 and lives there with her family. Her extraordinary debut Sommerhaus, später was followed by the short story collection Nichts als Gespenster, the five stories in Alice, her first novel Aller Liebe Anfang and the short stories Lettipark.
Judith Hermann’s work has become required reading in schools and has been adapted for the silver screen, internationally celebrated, and awarded numerous prizes, including the Kleist Prize and the Friedrich Hölderlin Prize.