Burkhard Spinnen

Burkhard Spinnen, born in 1956, earned his doctorate at the University of Münster and subsequently worked at its Department of German Studies. As a freelance author, he wrote short stories, novels, children’s books, essays, columns and reviews. From 2008 to 2014, he chaired the jury of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in Klagenfurt. His work received, among other honors, the Aspekte Literature Prize, the Literature Prize of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Herbert Quandt Media Prize and the German Audiobook Prize.