Katja Oskamp
Author · 12 books
Katja Oskamp, born in Leipzig in 1970, grew up in Berlin. After studying theater studies, she worked as a dramaturge at Volkstheater Rostock and studied at the German Literature Institute Leipzig. Her publications include the short-story collection Halbschwimmer and the novels Die Staubfängerin and Hellersdorfer Perle. Her book Marzahn, mon amour was published by Hanser Berlin in 2019. In 2023, she and the translator received the Dublin Literary Award for its English edition.